The potential role of snus products within a tobacco harm reduction strategy.

摘要

Giknore et al. review 'The place for harm reduction and product regulation in UK tobacco control policy', including the challenges around smokeless tobacco products, such as Swedish-style snus, playing a potential role in a tobacco harm reduction strategy driven by the public health community.On the basis of a thorough review of available literature, the authors agree on the potential for smokeless tobacco products, such as Swedish-style snus, to provide a net public health benefit as being an overall reduced risk alternative to cigarette smoking; and yet argue against there being a legitimate place for such products in tobacco harm reduction strategy in the near future. This contradiction is difficult to understand given findings from reviews of 'the Swedish experience' and the potential net public health benefit of providing an option of reduced risk tobacco products like snus to informed adult consumers.