To minimise tobacco-related disease and premature death, by persuading cigarette smokers who can’t or won’t quit, to switch to a smoke-free, tobacco-free nicotine alternative.
Harm reduction is a public health strategy that is used to reduce or minimise the harm associated with a certain risky behaviour, without necessarily having to eliminate that behaviour. In smoking, people smoke for the nicotine but die from the tar. Here, tobacco harm reduction (THR) offers a solution, a “fire escape”, to smokers who are unwilling or unable to quit smoking. They now have a choice of switching to smoke-free, alternative nicotine products, all substantially less harmful than cigarettes.
LEARN MOREHarm reduction is a public health strategy that is used to reduce or minimise the harm associated with a certain risky behaviour, without necessarily having to eliminate that behaviour. In smoking, people smoke for the nicotine but die from the tar. Here, tobacco harm reduction (THR) offers a solution, a “fire escape”, to smokers who are unwilling or unable to quit smoking. They now have a choice of switching to smoke-free, alternative nicotine products, all substantially less harmful than cigarettes.
Increasingly, THR science is validating how these products can play a central role in preventing tobacco-related disease and premature death. Moreover, it shows how quality of life is improved for smokers when they quit tobacco or switch to less harmful THR products.
LEARN MOREBENEFITS OF THR
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E-cigarettes the UK method of choice for quitting
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THR products at least 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Less cigarettes, less disease
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Lowest rates of tobacco-related cancer in Sweden, because snus halted smoking
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Ex-smokers breathe, smell, taste better and feel healthier after quitting or switching to THR products
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THR reduces disease, lowers health costs, prevents loss of productivity
BENEFITS OF THR
01
E-cigarettes the UK method of choice for quitting
02
THR products at least 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Less cigarettes, less disease
03
Lowest rates of tobacco-related cancer in Sweden, because snus halted smoking
04
Ex-smokers breathe, smell, taste better and feel healthier after quitting or switching to THR products
05
THR reduces disease, lowers health costs, prevents loss of productivity