Dear ISPMCommunity,
Please take the time to read this document that 15 past presidents of the leading scientific society SRNT (Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco) have written on the science, ethics and politics of tobacco harm reduction.
It is a brilliant corrective to the dominant (and wrong) narrative… a game-changer in our view. The arguments made are not new, but what matters here is who is making them and the coverage and coherence of the case made.
Balfour DJK, Benowitz NL, Colby SM, Hatsukami DK, Lando HA, Leischow SJ, Lerman C, Mermelstein RJ, Niaura R, Perkins KA, Pomerleau OF, Rigotti NA, Swan GE, Warner KE, West R. Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes. Am J Public Health. 2021 Aug 19:e1-e12. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306416. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34410826.
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