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The context and importance of tobacco harm reduction for global health

Thursday, 12 November 2020

By Ayomide Ibironke

The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) has launched the ‘Burning Issues,’ a unique project established to mark the availability and use of safe nicotine products around the world.

The GSTHR document the progress and public health potential of tobacco harm reduction because even before the COVID-19 pandemic hits the world had been witnessing a global public health crisis every day, and over eight million smoking-related deaths a year are projected a billion deaths the end of the century…

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Fiona Patten who is an Australian politician has given insight on who politicians should listen to when developing policy, she said politicians should listen to people like David Nutt who are the experts and have the evidence.

She also emphasized saying who politicians should listen to might not be the right question to be asked, she said the experts are being listened to but the policy questions been answered are probably not right because they are not answering the right questions. For example they do not ask questions like how can we reduce the harm? How can we prevent children from accessing these products? etc.

She said if there was to be a developing policy to reduce the harm of nicotine devices such as vaping or incontinent products, you will regulate what could be sold and how it could be sold…

Read full article on the Independent Observer’s website.

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