EDITORIAL

Harm reduction

Harm reduction: 25 years later

W A Farone

Applied Power Concepts, Inc, 411 East Julianna Street, Anaheim, CA, 92801, USA

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
William A. Farone, PhD;
farone@appliedpowerconcepts.com

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The cigarette industry has managed to avoid any real harm reduction in their products over the years

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Keywords: harm reduction products; tobacco industry

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Much has been written in recent issues of Tobacco Control concerning harm reduction products as part of a public health strategy for dealing with tobacco use. The editorial by Kozlowski and colleagues¹ advocated medicinal nicotine as part of the plan and discusses risks from other alternatives. They correctly point out that small changes in elimination of toxic ingredients are not very effective in reducing the dangers of smoking. Such small changes in a smoking product that is supposed to be a potentially less risky version of cigarettes actually perpetuate the continued marketing of very hazardous products, especially if the marketers insist that they leave the more risky product on the market. In this issue Breland and colleagues² discuss another marginally reduced harm product called Advance^TM. The name is somewhat ironic given that the advance in harm reduction from the viewpoint of chemical exposure appears marginal at best.

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