The government has to change its tune on how to reduce harm from tobacco
From: R Street
by . Washington Examiner
A recent report from the Core Team on Tobacco Control drew 120 eminent signatories from the tobacco control community to endorse the proposition that it is possible to end adult cigarette use within a generation. But to achieve that commendable goal, federal public-health agencies and lawmakers will need to change their tune on tobacco harm reduction.
The Core Team report urges policymakers to amend current tobacco-control policy to encourage smokers to switch to lower-risk products that would reduce their risk of potentially fatal tobacco-related illness. It finds, as I long have advocated, that tobacco harm reduction needs to be incorporated into tax policy and other tobacco control policies. This should also mean informing smokers and the public at large that e-cigarettes and smokeless products carry far less risk of illness and death than cigarettes.
