The THR Blog provides information & advocacy related to Tobacco Harm Reduction (vaping, snus, HTP & nicotine pouch) products.
Joined December 2020
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24 Aug 2021
#WorldSaferNicotineDay is on December 30th each year. #WSND is a great opportunity to let ppl who #smoke know of the pleasurable alternatives to combustible #tobacco.
Get your message(s) in for #WSND21, to encourage ppl to #CommitToSwitch on January 1st.
thethr.blog/world-safer-nico…
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20 Feb 2025
False and misleading statements about vaping.
"The opinion that nicotine vapes are equally as harmful as smoking has no basis in scientific fact."
A letter from @europethra to all members of the @Europarl_EN's Public Health Committee (SANT)
ethra.co/news/166-false-and-…
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23 Apr 2024
Proposed new taxes on nicotine vaping products that increase with nicotine strength may have unintended negative health consequences, according to LSBU's @LynneDawkins
Read more 👇
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24 Apr 2024
No Smoke Less Harm Report Launch
Join global public health experts to launch a new report about the science of nicotine titled "No Smoke Less Harm."
@SmokeFreeSweden @Stingfreesnus
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22 Apr 2024
UK Govt is apparently going through with banning sale of tobacco products to future adults. Current adults will still be able to buy cigarettes. The new NZ Govt repealed this policy before it could take effect. ICYMI my latest research results reveals consumer perspectives on this policy: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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23 Apr 2024
My report on smoking among #Indigenous peoples of the world backs you up. Thanks you talking about the inequity. coreiss.com//file/display/pu…
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23 Apr 2024
Indigenous people in low and middle-income countries experience an alarmingly high burden of smoking-related morbidity and mortality, with #tobacco use being a major factor in indigenous health inequities.
ahra.info/policy-impact-on-i…
#SmokingCessation #THR #HarmReduction
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23 Apr 2024
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
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21 Apr 2024
“.. 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/…
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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19 Apr 2024
Counselling can increase quit rates, but ecigs also help smokers with no intention to quit (accidental quitters) as it's just better way to get nicotine. #endvapeban
@PMOIndia @mansukhmandviya @thephfi @icmrdelhi @imaindiaorg @mohfw_India
health.harvard.edu/staying-h…
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2 Apr 2024
Researchers from the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), along with colleagues from six global regions (Africa and the Middle East, North America, Latin America and South America, Asia-Pacific area, Western and Eastern Europe), have recruited (on its first wave) a unique cohort of 500 people who vape without an established smoking history, and 260 people as controls, to monitor the respiratory effects of nicotine vaping.
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25 Mar 2024
Sweden’s smoking prevalence is down to 5.6%. New Zealand’s smoking prevalence at 22/23 was 6.8%. This is a huge public health achievement. Could NZ catch up to Sweden?
22 Mar 2024
By giving smokers a choice of genuine alternatives, alongside education and tobacco control measures, Sweden is on the cusp of becoming smoke free.
Check out smokefreesweden.org for more info.
#SmokeFreeSweden
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20 Mar 2024
My mistake. I'd linked to a private draft of the video.
This is the one that went public.
youtube.com/watch?v=Wxk_o3Vz…
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10 Mar 2024
Join @Hello_Alex and @LoganExhales of @CASAAmedia as they speak with @Stingfreesnus - inventor of #StingFreeSnus and 'an outspoken Swedish advocate for snus'.
youtube.com/watch?v=mPO3eAAt…
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11 Mar 2024
@AsandaGcoyi on what she's been busy with in the past year and the exciting developments in the world of #vaping and regulation in #SouthAfrica.
Via @AfricaHRA
youtube.com/watch?v=MDXgzV7O…
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Important blog from THRSP Scholar @amodibecky
"There are no current thematic strategies that seek to help women & girls who #smoke. I believe listening to voices of women & girls who smoke is the first step to solving this #publichealth crisis."
Blog👇
thethr.blog/the-unheard-voic…
15 Feb 2024
In my country Uganda, women and girls who smoke are considered outcasts, this means that they will face more difficulty in accessing information, accessing safer nicotine alternatives and will be more likely to consume illicit tobacco products. thethr.blog/the-unheard-voic…
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19 Feb 2024
“.. 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
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16 Feb 2024
"Monitoring and controlling microbial contamination .. can greatly reduce nitrosamine formation. It is high time for the government to come up with appropriate policies to standardise the manufacturing and storage of #SLT products in #India."
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“These findings should provide further reassurance to people who #smoke and #healthcare professionals that #ecigarettes can be used as an effective tool for stopping #smoking without substantial risks to #health,” says @DrSarahEJackson.
Expert reaction: sciencemediacentre.org/exper…
14 Feb 2024
expert reaction to e-cigarettes to quit smoking
sciencemediacentre.org/exper…
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As Adults and former #smokers, we demand the WHO & FCTC adopt an evidence-based approach to tobacco. Lives depend on it. #ScienceOverStigma #PublicHealth #THRWorks bit.ly/3wm13TE
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15 Feb 2024
Another groundbreaking RCT just featured in the @nejmunofficial proves we have been right!
Discover how #ecigs significantly outperform traditional cessation methods in achieving lasting tobacco abstinence: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa230881…
This study adds to the growing body of irrefutable evidence that e-cigarettes could be the #gamechanger in #smokingcessation
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