A fresh look at tobacco harm reduction: the case for the electronic cigarette

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作者
Polosa, Riccardo [1 ,2 ]
Rodu, Brad [3 ]
Caponnetto, Pasquale [1 ]
Maglia, Marilena [1 ]
Raciti, Cirino [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Catania, Azienda Osped Univ Policlin Vittorio Emanuele, CPCT, Presidio G Rodolico Unite Operat Med Interna & Me, Catania, Italy
[2] Univ Catania, Azienda Osped Univ Policlin Vittorio Emanuele, G Rodolico Hosp, Inst Internal Med, Catania, Italy
[3] Univ Louisville, Sch Med, Dept Med, Louisville, KY 40292 USA
关键词
Tobacco; Harm reduction; Snus; Electronic cigarettes; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; DEVICE E-CIGARETTE; SMOKING-CESSATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; MOIST SNUFF; E-CIGS; DELIVERY; SMOKERS; HEALTH; TRIAL;
D O I
10.1186/1477-7517-10-19
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R194 [卫生标准、卫生检查、医药管理];
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摘要
Smokers of any age can reap substantial health benefits by quitting. In fact, no other single public health effort is likely to achieve a benefit comparable to large-scale smoking cessation. Surveys document that most smokers would like to quit, and many have made repeated efforts to do so. However, conventional smoking cessation approaches require nicotine addicted smokers to abstain from tobacco and nicotine entirely. Many smokers are unable - or at least unwilling - to achieve this goal, and so they continue smoking in the face of impending adverse health consequences. In effect, the status quo in smoking cessation presents smokers with just two unpleasant alternatives: quit or suffer the harmful effects of continuing smoking. But, there is a third choice for smokers: tobacco harm reduction. It involves the use of alternative sources of nicotine, including modern smokeless tobacco products like snus and the electronic cigarette (E-cig), or even pharmaceutical nicotine products, as a replacement for smoking. E-cigs might be the most promising product for tobacco harm reduction to date, because, besides delivering nicotine vapour without the combustion products that are responsible for nearly all of smoking's damaging effect, they also replace some of the rituals associated with smoking behaviour. Thus it is likely that smokers who switch to E-cigs will achieve large health gains. The focus of this article is on the health effects of using an E-cig, with consideration given to the acceptability, safety and effectiveness of this product as a long-term substitute for smoking.
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