Tobacco use is an issue that affects the health of millions and touches on the lives of millions more yet most tobacco related notices end up taking the form of political dogma rather than good public health information. Our package hopes to provide simple factual and evidence based statements of how nicotine products will or could affect health.
Our view is that tobacco and nicotine use is first and foremost a health issue and that popular press articles should reflect that. Responsible tobacco related reporting might be slightly less entertaining but it could save lives. Presently smokers depend on popular news outlets for health information and by and large the information is misleading and primarily misleading because of the politics.
The Just the Facts package:
Lower risk options for smokersMost information given to smokers illustrates only a few of the ways in which they could reduce their risks, and some very good options are often deliberately avoided. This sheet presents all the options so that a smoker can decide what works best for them.
Visual interpretations
It can be difficult to process numbers. These powerpoint graphs show visually how great the risk differences are in terms of mortalities. They show the tobacco related deaths in regards to a few major cancers (including lung and oral cancer) and how the numbers would look if everyone who used smokeless tobacco smoked or more importantly if everyone who smoked used smokeless tobacco instead.
Smoking Tobacco
Though it is commonly and correctly held that cigarette smoking is a high risk activity, most people do not understand, and much information does not explain where the harm originates and therefore misleads people who wish to reduce their risks.
Smokeless Tobacco
This describes the various forms of smokeless tobacco, how safe it might be and how it compares with other methods of obtaining nicotine.
Electronic Cigarettes
This describes electronic cigarettes, how safe they might be and how they compare with other methods of obtaining nicotine.
Marijuana, organic tobacco & hookahs
Answering the question of whether these alternative smoking products or methods are better than cigarette smoking.
Nicotine Replacement Therapies
This describes the various types of nicotine replacement therapies, how safe they might be, how they compare with other methods of obtaining nicotine, and how effective they are as cessation aids.
5 Things You Should Know About Carcinogens & Toxins
Setting straight how toxins are measured and under what conditions they have an impact on health.
20+ Basic facts about nicotine, tobacco and tobacco use
Clearing up the basic information in an area rife with myths and common misunderstandings.
10+ Basic facts about tobacco harm reduction
Defining and explaining harm reduction in general and tobacco harm reduction in specific.
Risk and probability in regards to tobacco
Answering the question of how we determine how safe or dangerous smoking or other forms of getting nicotine are.