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The THR Blog provides information & advocacy related to Tobacco Harm Reduction (vaping, snus, HTP & nicotine pouch) products.

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How New Zealand adults who smoked understand novel tobacco ‘endgame’ policies. Qualitative analysis using the associative propositional evaluation model to determine comprehension. @MarewaGlover, Emma Hurrell sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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“.. urgent need for strategic interventions to mitigate the spread of misinformation while promoting evidence-based narratives.” Ngoma, Matatiyo, Oke, Adebisi, Shomuyiwa #EVALI #COVIDー19 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
"The intertwined relationship between social media and public health crises, as exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the EVALI epidemic, underscores the urgent need for strategic interventions to mitigate the spread of misinformation while promoting evidence-based narratives." Navigating the digital frontier during the COVID-19 pandemic and EVALI epidemic: The impact of social media on public health Ngoma, Matatiyo, Oke, Adebisi, Shomuyiwa

ALT "The intertwined relationship between social media and public health crises, as exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the EVALI epidemic, underscores the urgent need for strategic interventions to mitigate the spread of misinformation while promoting evidence-based narratives." Navigating the digital frontier during the COVID-19 pandemic and EVALI epidemic: The impact of social media on public health Ngoma, Matatiyo, Oke, Adebisi, Shomuyiwa

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“.. our results support existing evidence which suggests #nicotine use is not a major risk factor in the development of #smoking-related disease.” Khouja, Sanderson, Wootton, Taylor, Church, Richmond, Munafò journals.plos.org/plosgeneti…
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"Reducing cigarette smoking is the most effective way to prevent tobacco-related deaths and tobacco harm reduction is the fastest and fairest way to lower smoking prevalence." Harnessing tobacco harm reduction Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(2…
"The focus must remain on the central public health problem—the damaging health effects of tobacco consumption. Reducing cigarette smoking is the most effective way to prevent tobacco-related deaths15 and tobacco harm reduction is the fastest and fairest way to lower smoking prevalence. WHO needs to embrace these innovations in nicotine delivery." Harnessing tobacco harm reduction Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita

ALT "The focus must remain on the central public health problem—the damaging health effects of tobacco consumption. Reducing cigarette smoking is the most effective way to prevent tobacco-related deaths15 and tobacco harm reduction is the fastest and fairest way to lower smoking prevalence. WHO needs to embrace these innovations in nicotine delivery." Harnessing tobacco harm reduction Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita

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"Those who were persistent smokers reported increasing respiratory symptoms. In contrast, the symptoms decreased among those who quit tobacco smoking, but there was no significant difference .. between quitters with and without e-cigarette use." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3825…
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Evidence-Based Policy or Policy-Based Evidence - Professor @LundKarl's keynote at the @SRNT_Europe conference in London, 2024. Most advocates for low risk nicotine products will know which it should be, and which it (unfortunately) is. vimeo.com/881239004/a63ac177…
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Go #Pakistan! "Pakistan is one of most vulnerable low- and middle-income countries with 29 million adult active tobacco users. Smoking cessation services are lacking as the tobacco control initiatives have largely failed to address the smoking endemic." trialsjournal.biomedcentral.…
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Association between cigar use, with and without cigarettes, and incident diagnosed COPD: a longitudinal cohort study. Cook, Buskiewicz, Levy, Meza, Fleischer "exclusive cigar use .. was not associated with increased COPD risk compared to non-use." respiratory-research.biomedc…
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This concludes our messages for this year's #WorldSaferNicotineDay. We hope to see more msgs pouring in from other timezones still 'in' the 30th of December. #cigarette #smoking? #CommitToSwitch! #Vape #Snus #HTP #NicPouches #WSND #WSND23
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“The availability of snus as a substitute for cigarettes has had positive effects on Swedish public health.” SCENIHR #cigarette #smoking #CommitToSwitch #Snus #WSND #WSND23 #WorldSaferNicotineDay
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