As we slowly move back to our normal lives even with the virus still very much a threat, public health experts are now more openly talking about ways of mitigating risks of infection other than reverting to lockdowns. Epidemiologists call this harm reduction. It refers to public health tools and practices that acknowledges risk levels …
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MELBOURNE – Countries with high populations of smokers such as the Philippines should support tobacco harm reduction programs for people who are unable or unwilling to quit smoking, experts said here yesterday. Colin Mendelsohn, a conjoint associate professor at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, said …
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MANILA, Philippines — Electronic cigarettes or vapes are being pushed as a harm reduction strategy to curb smoking-related deaths in Asia, which is said to be home to half of the world’s smokers. Anti-tobacco groups, however, say that electronic cigarettes are also bad for the health and want them banned. Participants to the Second Asia …
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