TY - JOUR
T1 - A rational approach to e-cigarettes
T2 - challenging ERS policy on tobacco harm reduction
AU - Britton, John
AU - George, Jacob
AU - Bauld, Linda
AU - Agrawal, Sanjay
AU - Moxham, John
AU - Arnott, Deborah
AU - McNeill, Ann
AU - Hopkinson, Nicholas S .
PY - 2020/5/7
Y1 - 2020/5/7
N2 - The respiratory community is united in its desire to reduce and eliminate the harm caused by tobacco smoking, which is at present on course to kill one billion people in the 21st century. The stated policy of the European Respiratory Society is to strive “constantly to promote strong and evidence-based policies to reduce the burden of tobacco related diseases”. In our view, the recent ERS Tobacco Control Committee statement on tobacco harm reduction[1], though well-intentioned, appears to be based on a number of false premises and draws its conclusions from a partial account of available data. It also presents a false dichotomy between the provision of “conventional” tobacco control and harm reduction approaches. We therefore respond, in turn, to the seven arguments presented against the adoption of harm reduction in the Committee’s statement.
AB - The respiratory community is united in its desire to reduce and eliminate the harm caused by tobacco smoking, which is at present on course to kill one billion people in the 21st century. The stated policy of the European Respiratory Society is to strive “constantly to promote strong and evidence-based policies to reduce the burden of tobacco related diseases”. In our view, the recent ERS Tobacco Control Committee statement on tobacco harm reduction[1], though well-intentioned, appears to be based on a number of false premises and draws its conclusions from a partial account of available data. It also presents a false dichotomy between the provision of “conventional” tobacco control and harm reduction approaches. We therefore respond, in turn, to the seven arguments presented against the adoption of harm reduction in the Committee’s statement.
KW - tobacco
KW - public health
KW - e cigarettes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084379432&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1183/13993003.00166-2020
DO - 10.1183/13993003.00166-2020
M3 - Letter
C2 - 32094209
VL - 55
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
SN - 0903-1936
IS - 5
M1 - e2000166
ER -