Would alternate tobacco products use be better than smoking?

Tobacco use is dominated by cigarette smoking. Most toxicity due to cigarette smoking is related to the burning process. Several observations suggest that unburned or oral tobacco is less harmful than cigarette smoking. Up to now, physicians have advised a policy based on two ideas: (i) young people...

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Published in:Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2006-07, Vol.53 (1), p.1-4
Main Authors: Martinet, Yves, Bohadana, Abraham, Fagerström, Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior, Addictive
Biological and medical sciences
Cigarette smoking
Harm Reduction
Humans
Medical sciences
Nicotine replacement therapy
Pneumology
Potential reduced-exposure products
Smoking Cessation - methods
Smoking Prevention
Snus
Tobacco Use Disorder - prevention & control
Tobacco, tobacco smoking
Toxicology
Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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Summary:Tobacco use is dominated by cigarette smoking. Most toxicity due to cigarette smoking is related to the burning process. Several observations suggest that unburned or oral tobacco is less harmful than cigarette smoking. Up to now, physicians have advised a policy based on two ideas: (i) young people should not start smoking and (ii) the only choice for smokers is to quit. However, numerous smokers cannot or do not want to give up; eventually, one out of two lifelong smokers will die from smoke-related diseases. Thus, it is legitimate to ask if alternate nicotine containing product use would be better than cigarette smoking and limit the tobacco death toll. However, the logic leading to the concept of tobacco harm reduction (THR) turns out to be much more complex than it looks at a first glance.
ISSN:0169-5002
1872-8332
DOI:10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.03.006