It's interesting to watch the disconnect between FDA/government propaganda and various university studies/organizations of doctors. This article is an excellent summary on the reality that is being purposefully ignored.
Article by:
Brad Rodu, Professor of Medicine and Endowed Chair, tobacco Harm Reduction at the University of Louisville School of Medicine
Key excerpts:
"...tobacco abstinence has proven not only unachievable for the vast majority of smokers, but also unnecessary.
Nicotine, like caffeine, is addictive but otherwise relatively harmless. Nicotine’s benefits include improved concentration, enhanced performance of some tasks, and elevated mood. Tobacco smoke, however, containing thousands of toxic agents,is a dangerous nicotine delivery system, conferring risks for cancer, cardiovascular disease and emphysema.
Eliminate the smoke, and you eliminate virtually all the risks. That is the essence of tobacco harm reduction, a public health strategy that educates smokers about vastly safer sources of nicotine, including smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes..."
"....Decades of medical research have proven that smokeless tobacco use is at least 98 percent safer than smoking. No tobacco product is absolutely safe, but the ACS and other tobacco prohibitionist organizations cherry-pick scientific studies for isolated epidemiologic findings to make exaggerated claims about health risks. They ignore the overwhelming scientific evidence documenting little or no risk from smokeless tobacco use...."
"...It’s time to tell smokers the truth..."
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/...w-risks?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
Article by:
Brad Rodu, Professor of Medicine and Endowed Chair, tobacco Harm Reduction at the University of Louisville School of Medicine
Key excerpts:
"...tobacco abstinence has proven not only unachievable for the vast majority of smokers, but also unnecessary.
Nicotine, like caffeine, is addictive but otherwise relatively harmless. Nicotine’s benefits include improved concentration, enhanced performance of some tasks, and elevated mood. Tobacco smoke, however, containing thousands of toxic agents,is a dangerous nicotine delivery system, conferring risks for cancer, cardiovascular disease and emphysema.
Eliminate the smoke, and you eliminate virtually all the risks. That is the essence of tobacco harm reduction, a public health strategy that educates smokers about vastly safer sources of nicotine, including smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes..."
"....Decades of medical research have proven that smokeless tobacco use is at least 98 percent safer than smoking. No tobacco product is absolutely safe, but the ACS and other tobacco prohibitionist organizations cherry-pick scientific studies for isolated epidemiologic findings to make exaggerated claims about health risks. They ignore the overwhelming scientific evidence documenting little or no risk from smokeless tobacco use...."
"...It’s time to tell smokers the truth..."
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/...w-risks?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
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