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Studie belegt: Harm Reduction mit E-Zigarette funktioniert bei richtigen politischen Rahmenbedingungen

Die Forscher Oscar M. Camacho, James k. Ebajemito, Steven Coburn, Krishna Prasad, Sandra Costigan und James j. Murphy haben am 02. 05.2021 die Studie mit dem Namen Evidence From the Scientific Assessment of ElectronicCigarettes and Their Role in Tobacco Harm Reduction veröffentlicht. In ihr wird klar dargelegt, unter welchen Umständen der Gebrauch einer E-Zigarette der Harm Reduction dient und wie die Rahmenbedingungen dafür sein müssen. Interessant ist vor allem wer der Auftraggeber der Forscher war: British American Tobacco, R&D Centre, Southampton, SO15 8TL, United Kingdom.

CONCLUSIONS

• Regulatory strategies must promote quality in productdevelopment led by robust stewardship which isessential to identify and eliminate, or minimize potential hazards
• Vapour products have been soundly demonstrated to be able to reduce exposure to toxicants found in conventional cigarette smoke among smokers who transi-tion completely to vapour products
• Emerging evidence in biomarkers of effect point tolower risk for most smoking-related disease endpoints,with further research required particularly for cardio-91 vascular endpoints, where there are conflicting data.
• Vapour products must offer a compelling alternative to smoking to attract smokers, including flavours whilemitigating products’ youth appeal
• Research suggests lower abuse liability from vapingproducts in comparison with conventional cigarettes
• Gateway effect claims are generally not sustained bypublic data which show lowest levels of smokinginitiation ever recorded in key markets such as the US and UK.

Oscar M. Camacho, James k. Ebajemito, Steven Coburn, Krishna Prasad, Sandra Costigan, James j. Murphy