This paper reports findings from a simulation analysis that compares potential life-years gained by vaping-induced smoking cessation with potential life-years lost by vaping-induced smoking initiation in the U.S. through the year 2100. In addition to varying assumptions about the effect of vaping on smoking cessation and initiation, and the mortality implications, the analysis considers the… Read more »
Archives: Seminars
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Panel discussion and live Q&A: Nicotine and public health policy
Nicotine reduction strategy:
This presentation will describe: 1) the need to “devaluing” combusted products to expedite quitting smoking or if needed, facilitate the uptake of less harmful nicotine-containing products (e.g., electronic cigarettes; 2) the importance of regulating less harmful nicotine products, and 3) the need to develop more effective nicotine replacement therapies. The presentation will be framed in… Read more »
Nicotine as a cultural drug: It’s harmfulness and dependence
Nicotine is a cultural drug like caffeine and alcohol but nowadays much contested. In certain places it looks like cannabis is filling its void. Data on its harmfulness on the population level will be presented. Nicotine’s dependence potential is related to its administration form. Roughly the dependence potential is associated with amount of behaviour that… Read more »
Use pattern of flavoured snus in Norway – what will be the public health effect from a ban on flavours?
Similar to the debate around e-cigarettes, an increase in snus use among Norwegian adolescents has prompted debate on whether flavour options in snus should be limited. Ideally, a justification for an intervention on snus flavours should demonstrate that this would in fact be appropriate for the protection of public health, and that it is reasonable… Read more »
Making smoking obsolete
The post implementation review of the UK’s Tobacco & Regulatory Products Directive – the regulations that transpose the EU Tobacco Products Directive – coincide with the UK leaving the EU and follows the publication Green Paper ambition to make smoked tobacco obsolete. What opportunities arise as these three events collide. Martin will no doubt offer… Read more »
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