Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 13 Issue 2

Tobacco harm reduction: opportunity and opposition

This paper aims to provide a brief summary of the effectiveness and efficacy of tobacco harm reduction (THR). THR is the substitution for cigarettes of low‐risk alternatives…

FDA and the role of e‐cigarettes in harm reduction

This article aims to provide an informed overview of the current policy and upcoming e‐cigarette legislation, and their impact on the potential for harm reduction in the tobacco…

Harm reduction and tobacco: a new opportunity or a step too far?

The paper aims to describe the public health potential and legal status of electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) and Swedish snus. The author evaluates claims made for and against…

Tobacco harm reduction in the real world: has the availability of snus in Norway increased smoking cessation?

In Norway, snus (low nitrosamine smokeless tobacco) is allowed to compete with cigarettes for market share, and over the past decades the prevalence of snus users has increased as…

A solitary case: Swedish tobacco policy as harm reduction?

This paper aims to analyse Swedish tobacco policy, especially in relation to EU tobacco regulation. The paper also seeks to review the arguments and the scientific support…

Tobacco control, harm reduction and the problem of pleasure

This article examines the relationship between tobacco control and tobacco harm reduction, illuminating the differences and similarities between them.

Survey of GPs’ understanding of tobacco and nicotine products

Despite substantial declines in cigarette smoking in England since the 1970s, around 20 per cent of the adult population still smokes. In Sweden, 10 per cent of adult males and 12…

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Round up

Tobacco harm reduction – a new opportunity or a step too far?