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Monthly Archives: July 2007

EDITORIAL: Tobacco Substitutes: Harm Reduction or Smokescreen?: ThePLoS Medicine editors discuss whether publishing papers on smokeless tobacco…

The editorial this month was triggered by a discussion among the editors at PLoS Medicine about whether or not we should, as a medical journal, be publishing papers on the use of smokeless tobacco (snus), the topic of the debate by Gartner, Chapman, and colleagues [1]). At one end of the spectrum of views expressed, one editor argued that we should not give the topic room in the journal at all, because even discussion of the use of snus simply plays into the hands of the tobacco industry, which has a notorious history of doing anything it can to addict people to tobacco

Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus)

Coral Gartner and Wayne Hall’s Viewpoint: Smokers Who Switch to Snus Reduce Their Health Risks . . . Conclusion Tobacco smokers who switch to snus will reduce the risks of their tobacco use

Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus)

Coral Gartner and Wayne Hall’s Viewpoint: Smokers Who Switch to Snus Reduce Their Health Risks . . . Conclusion Tobacco smokers who switch to snus will reduce the risks of their tobacco use