Global Tobacco Harm Reduction Strategies Discussed in GSTHR Report

Nov.17.2022
Global Tobacco Harm Reduction Strategies Discussed in GSTHR Report
KAC released GSTHR's report on the history of tobacco harm reduction and the need for new strategies to accelerate progress.

Knowledge-Action-Change (KAC) has released a publication titled "Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2022: The Right Side of History." The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) publication outlines the history of tobacco harm reduction and considers a strategy that can accelerate the end of smoking while significantly reducing global smoking-related deaths and illnesses in the future.


According to the report's author, the emergence of new, safer nicotine products is causing significant disruption to the use of nicotine, public health and tobacco control agencies, and the traditional tobacco industry. However, distrust and ideological opposition are hindering the widespread adoption of a strategy that could help the 1.1 billion adult smokers who have failed to quit with current tobacco control interventions.


Technology has helped make smoking one of the biggest health issues in the world," said Harry Shapiro, author of the book "The Right to Smoke," in a statement. "Now, technology innovations outside of the tobacco industry and public health fields have produced safer nicotine products, which millions of smokers have chosen to switch to. However, progress is being hindered. While disruption is not always comfortable, the genie is out of the bottle - these new technologies require new policies and new thinking.


Gerry Stimson, the head of the GSTHR project, stated that failing to understand and utilize the potential of reducing tobacco harm will result in millions of deaths each year and increasing disease burden with disproportionate effects on vulnerable countries and communities.


Tobacco control has made little progress, despite limited achievements. This means that many ideal goals of achieving a smoke-free world by 2030 or for the next generation are as unlikely to succeed as the ambition to achieve a drug-free world. Tobacco harm reduction presents a historic opportunity that we cannot afford to let slip away.


Following the 2018 report entitled "Smoke-Free, Flame-Free" and the 2020 report entitled "Burning Issues," "The History of Right" is the third report in the biennial GSTHR series. The GSTHR project was funded by the Smoke-Free World Foundation.


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