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Read more about the article New frontiers in the care of people with schizophrenia: low-risk products are a valid substitute for smoking

New frontiers in the care of people with schizophrenia: low-risk products are a valid substitute for smoking

According to a qualitative analysis that involved the health personnel responsible for accompanying patients with schizophrenic spectrum disorders in their therapeutic paths, tobacco addiction is highly harmful and widespread among patients suffering from these disorders: doctors, psychologists and healthcare professionals in general have a positive view of smokeless instruments, which are considered an excellent substitute for smoking.

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Read more about the article “Less Harmful Coalition Summit”: Dr. Renée O’Leary analyze EU and Canadian policy narratives

“Less Harmful Coalition Summit”: Dr. Renée O’Leary analyze EU and Canadian policy narratives

"Policy narratives are socially constructed stories produced within belief systems that narrate the reality of the policy problem and assign blame. The purpose of policy narratives is persuasion, to influence the framing of a policy problem and shape policy beliefs - said dr. O'Leary - So long as the narratives in the state arena about vapour devices are only stories of threats, any potential opportunity vapour devices may offer for tobacco harm reduction is automatically lost".

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Read more about the article Replica: slight or no cytotoxic, mutagenic and genotoxic effects induced by the ecig aerosol

Replica: slight or no cytotoxic, mutagenic and genotoxic effects induced by the ecig aerosol

The third phase of the Replica project is in the prime of its activity: CoEHAR researchers successfully replicated the study published by Rudd and colleagues in 2020 and the data obtained not only show slight or no cytotoxic, mutagenic and genotoxic effects induced by the e-cigarette aerosol, but the work by researchers of Catania covered some methodological gaps and limitations in the original work.

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Read more about the article 170 international experts and CoEHAR members signed the first “Smoke-free Spain” declaration

170 international experts and CoEHAR members signed the first “Smoke-free Spain” declaration

As in the text, the experts believe that “Spanish authorities have a golden opportunity to apply new measures in the fight against the diseases caused by smoking that are giving significant results in those countries where they are already being applied”.

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Read more about the article 5th Scientific Summit in Athens: success for the Replica project

5th Scientific Summit in Athens: success for the Replica project

CoEHAR Director Giovanni Li Volti and the co-project leader of the Replica project Massimo Caruso have been invited to be part of the 5th Scientific Summit on Harm Reduction in Athens to deliver a presentation on the latest results obtained by the Replica project and their implication for public health.

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