Harm Reduction 101: Clearing the Smoke with Tobacco Harm Reduction скачать в хорошем качестве

Harm Reduction 101: Clearing the Smoke with Tobacco Harm Reduction

Everyone engages in behaviors that can harm their health, and many of us take measures to decrease those health risks—even things like wearing a seatbelt or limiting alcohol consumption count toward harm reduction. Harm reduction is the idea that abstinence-only approaches do not work well at the population level and that there are strategies available to make risky behaviors less harmful. When it comes to tobacco, adult smokers may reduce harms associated with combustible tobacco products by switching to less dangerous nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes or snus. During this panel presentation, public health experts will discuss the benefits and challenges associated with applying harm reduction approaches to tobacco control. Panelists will also discuss policies that support harm reduction for tobacco use. Specifically, panelists will address taxation, Food and Drug Administration regulations, flavor bans, health considerations and the interplay between federal, state and local tobacco control actions. Join us to find out how integrating tobacco harm reduction into public policy benefits the public’s health. Featuring: [Moderator] Chelsea Boyd, Fellow, R Street Institute Michael Pesko, Associate Professor, Georgia State University Helen Redmond, Senior Editor and Multi-Media Journalist, Filter Pritika Kumar, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute R Street Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization. Our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. We believe free markets work better than the alternatives. We also recognize that the legislative process calls for practical responses to current problems. To that end, our motto is “Free markets. Real solutions.” We offer research and analysis that advance the goals of a more market-oriented society and an effective, efficient government, with the full realization that progress on the ground tends to be made one inch at a time. In other words, we look for free-market victories on the margin. Learn more at https://www.rstreet.org/ Follow us on Twitter at @RSI Find us on Facebook at   / rstreetinstitute   Find us on LinkedIn at   / r-street-institute