The right to health relevant information derives from the principles of autonomy and self
direction and has been recognised in international declarations. Providing accurate health …

Public health policy needs to be assessed for effects on human rights as well as public
health. Although promoting harm reduction products to cigarette smokers might lead to …

The right to information is a fundamental consumer value. Following the advent of health
warnings, the tobacco industry has repeatedly asserted that smokers are fully informed of …

Abstract The United States provides an example of a country with (a) legal tobacco/nicotine
products (eg, snus, other smokeless tobacco, cigarettes) differing greatly in risks to health …

Despite overwhelming evidence of tobacco's harmful effects and pressure from anti-smoking
advocates, current surveys show that about one-quarter of all adults in the United States are …

Public health efforts to promote tobacco control are not performed within a vacuum. They are
subject to interpretation and misinterpretation by consumers and policymakers based largely …

Abstract The 2001 Institute of Medicine report Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science
Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction has helped to focus attention on the scientific basis for …

1.1 Tobacco is a uniquely dangerous consumer product, killing 120,000 people per year in
the UK and 4 million worldwide when used as intended by the manufacturer. Cigarettes are …

Objective: To analyse trial and deposition testimony of tobacco industry executives to
determine how they use the concepts of “information” and “choice” and consider how these …

Every six seconds someone dies from a smoking-related disease and the problem is likely to
worsen; the steep smoking declines in richer countries are slowing while in poorer countries …