Tobacco Harm Reduction

Harm and harm reduction in smokeless tobacco users

Background: This thesis describes the effects of smokeless tobacco (ST) and its derivatives on the oral mucosa; the development of, and results of applying, a cessation program for snuff users with long and extensive exposure; and, the persistent clinical and histomorphological changes after cessation. Methods: Three of the studies were open prospective non-randomized clinical intervention tria...

Some Basic Economics of Tobacco Harm Reduction

Tobacco harm reduction (THR) – the substitution of low-risk tobacco/nicotine products for smoking and efforts to encourage such substitution – cannot be understood without understanding the motives and beliefs of consumers and how these affect action. Yet the discussion of THR has largely taken place without consideration of basic welfare economics. This has led to uncertainty about points that...

Tobacco Substitutes: Snus and Harm Reduction

Jay Silverman, Michele Decker Masenior and Beyrer’s article is an important contribution to the continuing debate as to the direction of public health efforts regarding commercial sex work [1]. The authors are correct in that the debate between those focused on the social and economic rights of prostituted women and girls as “workers” and those focused on preventing the trafficking of women and...

Chapter 9 Harm reduction policies for tobacco

Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable premature mortality and disability in European and other developed countries. This chapter first reviews strategies that (1) aim to reduce harm to non-smokers (public smoking bans and reduced ignition propensity cigarettes) and (2) aim to reduce harm to the smoker who is unable or unwilling to quit nicotine use, namely, regulating the harmfuln...

Manufacturer claims new tobacco product encourages harm reduction.