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WHO SLAMS NICOTINE. "Nicotine is the addictive component of tobacco. It can have adverse effects during pregnancy and may contribute to cardiovascular disease ... nicotine itself is not a carcinogen, it may function as a “tumour promoter”. Nicotine seems involved in fundamental aspects of the biology of malignant diseases, as well as of neurodegeneration." https://lnkd.in/d2e7-yr View in LinkedIn

BAT AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO. A strategy that "eliminated competition between cigarettes and lower-risk products, thus helping maintain the current market balance in favour of (highly profitable) cigarettes." https://lnkd.in/dcnDHNz View in LinkedIn

THE NICOTINE MAKOVER with e-cigarettes glosses over that it is promoting an established addictive drug, nicotine, and while it may be (in better part) free of harmful additives, it does still pose a long-term health risk. And the addition of flavorings (and other additives) aimed at addicting the youth market to nicotine are a continued concern. View in LinkedIn

PROFITS DRIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO SHIFTS. "There is clear evidence that BAT's early interest in introducing SLT in Europe was based on the potential for creating an alternative form of tobacco use in light of declining cigarette sales and social restrictions on smoking, with young people a key target." https://lnkd.in/dcnDHNz View in LinkedIn

IMITATION OF PARENT PRODUCT. "Healthy alternatives have a symbiotic relationship with their ‘parent’ product. First of all, they tend to imitate it as closely as possible: just as decaf looks, smells and tastes like full strength coffee and Coke Zero aspires to be indistinguishable from red Coke." So also, e-Cigarettes and cigarettes. https://lnkd.in/d-5YcyD View in LinkedIn

GLOBAL E-CIGARETTE REGULATION. Read this useful database for the legal status of e-cigarettes by country. http://www.ecigarette-politics.com/electronic-cigarettes-global-legal-status.html View in LinkedIn

ALTERNATIVE ADDICTION METHOD. "E-Cigarettes are strictly a consumer purchase, used as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes, for ongoing use. No intention to treat or cease a nicotine or inhalation habit is assumed by purchasing such a product; it is designed and sold specifically for continuation of such use." http://www.ecigarette-politics.com/electronic-cigarettes-global-legal-status.html View in LinkedIn

AUGMENT CIGARETTE USE. Tobacco companies "have started publicly opposing this ban on snus sales, supporting their position with a harm reduction narrative ... this narrative is inconsistent with the TTCs’ private documentation which suggests that harm reduction is not central to their business strategy ... snus is being marketed to augment cigarette use." http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2014/01/22/tobaccocontrol-2013-051502.full?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-the-emergence-of-the-tobacco-industrys-use-of-the-term-tobacco-harm-reduction-in-order-to-inform-public-health-policy-free-full-text View in LinkedIn

PERMANENT ALTERNATIVE. "Cessation presents a weak business model: ‘if you have a product that helps people to stop smoking ... then your market gets smaller and smaller. Following the pharmaceutical industry’s lead, therefore, some e-cigarette marketing is focusing on long-term use, as a permanent alternative to tobacco." http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/prod_consump/groups/cr_common/@nre/@pol/documents/generalcontent/cr_115991.pdf View in LinkedIn

SMOKELESS TOBACCO: QUO VARDIS? "This raises a crucial strategic question for tobacco control: is a revitalised and rehabilitated tobacco industry a desirable outcome? More specifically, what are the implications for the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3?" https://lnkd.in/d-5YcyD View in LinkedIn