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Nicotine Without Smoke: Tobacco Harm Reduction

Tobacco Advisory Group, Royal College of Physicians · Royal College of Physicians, 2016

policy-report · e-cigarette, general

A comprehensive report from the UK's Royal College of Physicians concluding that e-cigarettes are substantially less harmful than smoking and recommending their promotion as a harm reduction tool, provided youth uptake and non-smoker use are minimised.

Relevance to India: Directly relevant given India's high smoking and smokeless tobacco burden and the RCP's standing as a leading medical body; frequently cited in AVI's own policy submissions.

This report remains one of the most cited references in the tobacco harm reduction literature and underpinned much of the UK’s regulatory approach to e-cigarettes in the years that followed. Full report available via the Royal College of Physicians.