ABSTRACT Aims Clinical trials test the safety and efficacy of behavioral and pharmacological interventions in drug-dependent individuals. However, there is no consensus about the most appropriate outcome(s) to consider in determining treatment efficacy or on the most appropriate methods for assessing selected outcome(s)
Filed in Evidence Base, tobacco
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Also tagged clinical, clinical-trials, drug-dependence, feasibility, perspective, relative-merits, selection, test-the-safety, tobacco, treatment-goals
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This week, ACSH’s Jody Manley and Dr. Gilbert Ross sat in on the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee’s (TPSAC) preliminary hearing on the safety of dissolvable tobacco products such as RJ Reynold’s Camel Orbs lozenges and Altria’s dissolvable tobacco sticks. . .
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged activity, citing-experts, gilbert-ross, health, ineffectiveness, issue, matthew-meyers, tobacco, university, using-smokeless
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Nearly a third of high school students in the United States report smoking marijuana. Despite the mixed messages about the safety of marijuana, smoking grass is risky behavior for teens, who are, after all, still developing…
ABSTRACT Aims. To assess the profile, utilization patterns, satisfaction and perceived effects among users of electronic cigarettes ( e-cigarettes ). Design and Setting. Internet survey in English and French in 2010. Participants. Visitors of websites and online discussion forums dedicated to e-cigarettes and to smoking cessation
Filed in Evidence Base, tobacco
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Also tagged former-tobacco, greater-effect, internet, median-duration, much-as-people, perception, reported-better, research-should, smoking, the-e-cigarette, tobacco
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Abstract: Background: Drug scenes within several countries have changed in recent years to incorporate a range of licit psychoactive products, collectively known as “legal highs.” Hundreds of different legal high products have been described in the literature. Many of these products contain synthetic stimulants that allegedly “mirror” the effects of some illicit drugs.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
The FDA and groups such as the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids oppose the use of “tobacco harm reduction,” which is the use of less harmful products than cigarettes to help people quit smoking. Late last year, the FDA warned about the safety of electronic or E-cigarettes and began a campaign to keep them away from smokers. E-cigarettes not only supply “clean” nicotine, but also look like cigarettes — many even have an LED light at the tip.
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged caffeine, campaign, from-the-sugar, harm-reduction, more-dangerous, multitudes, nanny, oppose-the-use, quit-smoking, tell-the-nanny, the-multitudes, their-efficacy
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
In a new report that bucks the concerns raised by the Food and Drug Administration, a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher concludes that electronic cigarettes are much safer than real cigarettes and show promise in the fight against tobacco-related diseases and death. The review, which will be published online ahead of print this month in the Journal of Public Health Policy, is the first to comprehensively examine scientific evidence about the safety and effectiveness of electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, said Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at BUSPH.
Filed in tobacco
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Also tagged absolute-terms, boston, clinical, devices-provide, evidence-shows, food, health-concerns, journal, levels-detected, michael-siegel, public-health, tobacco
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
The issue of harm reduction has long been controversial in the public health practice of tobacco control. Health advocates have been reluctant to endorse a harm reduction approach out of fear that tobacco companies cannot be trusted to produce and market products that will reduce the risks associated with tobacco use. Recently, companies independent of the tobacco industry introduced electronic cigarettes, devices that deliver vaporized nicotine without combusting tobacco.
researchers at the University of California, Riverside evaluated five e-cigarette brands and found design flaws, lack of adequate labeling, and several concerns about quality control and health issues.
Filed in tobacco
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Also tagged aerosol-created, aerosolized, california, chemicals, director, from-the-market, other-compounds, quality-control, research, riverside, safe-substitute, thousands, tobacco, urge-regulators
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The battle lines are being drawn over the marketplace potential of smokeless tobacco products. The consumer health-care division of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) — one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies — fired a salvo last week across the bow of R.J
Filed in tobacco
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Also tagged across-the-bow, adult-tobacco, being-marketed, david-howard, discreet-option, flavored, food, health, marketplace, reynolds, tobacco, tobacco-product
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