Nicotine / THR - Statements from Organizations
"Tobacco Harm Reduction = SAFER than smoking"
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International/Multinational
World Health Organization EURO Office
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Cochrane Systematic Review
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Health Information and Quality Authority (Ireland)
National Health Service Scotland +19 Endorsements
Health Service Executive Ireland - #1 and #2
New Zealand Ministry of Health
Public Health England
Royal Society for Public Health
French High Council for Public Health
Public Health Wales
Center for Critical Public Health
Faculty of Public Health (UK)
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (UK)
![The report… provides the most robust evidence on health risks of vaping to date. …Vaping poses a small fraction of the risks of smoking. …There is: Significantly lower exposure to harmful substances from vaping compared with smoking, as shown by biomarkers associated with the risk of cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular conditions [and] no significant increase of toxicant biomarkers after short-term secondhand exposure to vaping among people who do not smoke or vape.](/mediawiki/index.php/File:8th_evidence_review_of_nicotine_vaping_in_England.png)
American Association of Public Health Physicians
Federation of Private Medical Practitioners' Associations, Malaysia
Royal College of Physicians
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Royal College of General Practitioners (UK)
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners +14 Endorsements
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Midwives
UK Teratology Information Service
Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
American College of Preventive Medicine
French National Academy of Medicine
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
French National Academy of Pharmacy
New Zealand Pharmacy Council
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
British Medical Association
New Zealand Medical Association
The British Psychological Society #1 #2
Action on Smoking and Health UK
National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training
Quitline NZ
UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health +3 organizations (Canada)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (UK)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
SCENIHR - European Commission Directorate-General, Health & Consumer Protection
US Food & Drug Administration #1 #2 #3
National Institute on Drug Abuse
US Centers for Disease Control
LGBT Foundation
Truth Initiative
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
Cancer Research UK
French National Cancer Institute
American Association for Cancer Research and American Society of Clinical Oncology
Cancer Society of New Zealand
American Cancer Society
Canadian Cancer Society
Primary Care Respiratory Society
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Canadian Lung Health Foundation
British Lung Foundation
Asthma & Respiratory Foundation NZ
British Thoracic Society
American Heart Association
New Zealand Heart Foundation
British Heart Foundation
Heart UK
Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
Stroke Association UK
Irish Heart Foundation, Irish Cancer Society +7 Endorsements
Government of Canada
Uruguayan Council of Ministries
2021
House of Representatives Philippines
2018
Eau Claire, WI Health Department
2022
Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)
National Fire Chiefs Council
London Fire Brigade
Suggestions to add to this page
Association of Directors of Public Health North East Position Statement on Nicotine Vaping
2023: NSW Greens support legalising nicotine vapes
Updated: Position statement on vaping
FDA - Charles Tweet
Gates Foundation
- "Smoking rates are dropping, thanks to price increases associated with tobacco taxes, smoking bans, and other evidence-based practices outlined in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.Even if these practices are scaled up, however, millions of smokers will still suffer death, disease, and disability. Alternative tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, aren’t harmless, but they may be less harmful. We need to understand whether they could change the course of the smoking epidemic without addicting youth.”
2021: The Sheffield Tobacco Control Board Policy Position on electronic-cigarettes (also known as vaping)
2022: Physician's Research Institute
- While abstinence from tobacco use is the ideal, the next-best result, for individuals who can’t or don’t want to quit nicotine, is movement down the continuum of risk: away from combusted tobacco to a less harmful product. One possible alternative: E-cigarettes.
2023 Tweet - Canada
2020 This document has been endorsed by the following members of the Mental Health and Smoking Partnership
2019: Statement on the dangers posed by e-cigarettes
- Drug Science UK