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Tobacco Harm Reduction
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Godtfredsen NS, Holst C, Prescott E, Vestbo J & Osler M
(2002) Smoking reduction, smoking cessation, and mortality: A 16-year follow-up of 19,732 men and women from The Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies. American Journal of Epidemiology, 156 (11), 994-1001.
This large, prospective and longitudinal study was unable to find any evidence of a benefit when smokers reduced their cigarette consumption as a harm reduction strategy, suggesting that compensatory smoking was taking place.
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Hyland A, Levy DT, Rezaishiraz H, Hughes JR, Bauer JE, Giovino GA & Cummings KM
(2005) Reduction in amount smoked predicts future cessation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19, 221-225.
This study found that the smokers who reduced their cigarette consumption by more than half (as part of a major community cessation trial) were more likely to quit smoking than those who did not reduce (although the numbers were low). Unfortunately, we are unable to provide free access to this article, although the abstract is available from http://www.apa.org/journals/adb.
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Raw M, McNeill A, West R, Arnott D & Armstrong M
(2005) Nicotine Assisted Reduction to Stop (NARS): Guidance for health professionals on this new indication for nicotine replacement therapy. London: ASH.
This guidance was commissioned by Action for Smoking and Health (ASH) to explain the new programme of cigarette reduction alongside nicotine replacement therapy as a first step towards quitting. The report contains many scientific references. Download publication as a PDF
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