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DELHI: One of India's leading consumer advocacy groups has slammed the government following the passing of ordinance prohibiting
Ann McNeill, a professor of tobacco addiction at King’s and lead author on the study, said smoking was “uniquely deadly”, killing half of all regular, long-term smokers, but that a survey in England found two-thirds of adult smokers were unaware vaping was less harmful.![]()
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“Vaping poses only a small fraction of the risks of smoking in the short to medium term, however, this does not mean vaping is risk-free, particularly for people who have never smoked,” she said.![]()
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Read more: www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/29/switch-from-smoking-to-vaping-cuts-health-risks-substanti...![]()
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“Wearing your seat belt is harm reduction. You don’t forbid people using their cars because it entails some risks […] You don’t eliminate risk, you reduce it”, Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos, a research fellow at Onassis Cardiac Surgery in Greece, told EURACTIV.![]()
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www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/stakeholders-clash-on-need-for-eu-plan-on-tobacco-...
Stakeholders clash on need for EU plan on tobacco harm reduction
www.euractiv.com
Public health stakeholders are divided over whether the EU needs a strategy to reduce harm from smoking, which according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) costs Europe nearly 700,000 deaths annua...
"The true irony in FDA’s harm reduction hypocrisy is that the agency is ignoring its own past failures. In issuing its denials to a large segment of the vaping industry, FDA is forcing consumers to seek out unregulated tobacco harm reduction products."![]()
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The FDA’s Harm Reduction Hypocrisy
townhall.com
In late August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly unveiled a new “Overdose Prevention Framework” to address the decades-long opioid epidemic. Interestingly, the agency outlined p...
Data from thousands of studies has indicated that smokers who turned to nicotine e-cigarettes were more likely to remain abstinent from smoking than those in the control condition.![]()
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The Importance of Considering E-Cigarettes as Harm Reduction Tools
www.vapingpost.com
A study published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse reiterates the need to embrace the use of e-cigarettes (ECs) as harm reduction tools.
" ... Rushing the GEG and excluding harm reduction from the policy would be a missed opportunity."![]()
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www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/09/14/private-gps-in-malaysia-call-for-research-to-inform-an...
Private GPs in Malaysia call for research to inform any anti-smoking policy
www.malaymail.com
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — A national body representing doctors in private practice in Malaysia once again asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to “consider the science of harm...
Switch from smoking to vaping cuts health risks substantially, report finds #righttovape #smokefreelife #vaping https://t.co/lzNsdJFUcT https://t.co/d3KqKBu9UI
Stakeholders clash on need for EU plan on tobacco harm reduction – @EURACTIV #righttovape #smokefreelife https://t.co/lWIuT5q7qb
The FDA’s Harm Reduction Hypocrisy #FDA #smokefreelife #THR #tobaccoharmreduction https://t.co/nXJALGm5Q9
