THR2010 is an anthology of important writings about tobacco harm reduction, primarily from 2009 and early 2010. The period covered has seen important developments in both the scientific research and politics of THR, particularly the explosion of interest in electronic cigarettes and efforts by tobacco companies to promote low-risk alternatives to smoking. Anyone interested in tobacco use or harm reduction should find something of interest, from general overviews to political analyses. While some chapters report on more technical scientific research or philosophy, even those should be accessible to most interested readers. In spite of the technical subject matter, many of the chapters are genuinely entertaining as well as being educational.

For more information, please see the list of contents below, or just download a free digital copy and read the introduction. Bound versions of this collection of over 300 pages will be available soon.

Contents

1. Introduction
   Carl V. Phillips & Paul L. Bergen
   
   
2. Tobacco – the greatest untapped potential for harm reduction
   Carl V. Phillips, Karyn K. Heavner & Paul L. Bergen
   
   
3. Still fiddling whilst cigarettes burn?
   Adrian Payne
   
   
4. Switching to smokeless tobacco as a smoking cessation method:
   Evidence from the 2000 National Health Interview
   Brad Rodu & Carl V. Phillips
   
   
5. Why do anti-smoking groups oppose tobacco harm reduction? A historical perspective
   Christopher Snowdon
   
   
6. A tobacco-free society or tobacco harm reduction:
   Which objective is best for the remaining smokers in Scandinavia? (excerpts)
   Karl Erik Lund
   
   
7. The implicit ethical claims made in anti-tobacco harm reduction rhetoric
   – a brief overview
   Catherine M. Nissen, Carl V. Phillips & Courtney E. Heffernan
   
   
8. Debunking the claim that abstinence is usually healthier for smokers
   than switching to a low-risk alternative, and other observations about
   anti-tobacco-harm-reduction arguments
   Carl V. Phillips
   
   
9. Systematic review of the relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer
   in Europe and North America (abstract)
   and
   The relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer in Northern Europe
   and North America. A commentary on differences between the conclusions
   reached by two recent reviews
   Peter N. Lee & Jan Hamling
   
   
10. University student smokers’ perceptions of risks and barriers to harm reduction
    Karen Geertsema, Carl V. Phillips & Karyn K. Heavner
    
    
11. Comment to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration summarizing the rationale for tobacco harm reduction
    Brad Rodu
    
    
12. Public comment regarding tobacco harm reduction to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from TobaccoHarmReduction.org
    Carl V. Phillips. Paul L. Bergen, Karyn K. Heavner & Catherine M. Nissen
    
    
13. Submission to the UK Department of Health:
    The role for harm reduction within tobacco control
    David O’Reilly
    
    
14. Comment to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from Phillip Morris USA
    and US Smokeless Tobacco Company regarding harm reduction
    James E. Dillard
    
    
15. An analog visual comparison of best, current and worst case scenarios
    in (tobacco) harm reduction; numeracy-aiding tools to get the message across
    Paul L. Bergen & Courtney E. Heffernan
    
    
16. The fluid concept of smoking addiction
    Stanton Peele
    
    
17. Electronic cigarettes are the tobacco harm reduction phenomenon of the year
    - but will they survive?
    Paul L. Bergen & Courtney E. Heffernan
    
    
18. Vapefest 2010: A report from a conference of electronic cigarette supporters
    Bill Godshall
    
    
19. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as potential tobacco harm reduction products:
    Results of an online survey of e-cigarette users
    Karyn K. Heavner, James Dunworth, Paul L. Bergen, Catherine M. Nissen & Carl V. Phillips
    
    
20. Two petitions from the American Association of Public Health Physicians
    Joel L. Nitzkin
    
    

Thanks again to the authors and everyone else who contributed to making this book possible.