On behalf of CoEHAR, the Center of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction, Dr. Lia Emma, researcher of the Replica project, will attend the conference to present the abstract "Cytotoxicity evaluation of vanillin in electronic cigarette liquids on human aortic artery endothelial cells”.
“𝑊𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒”
The findings presented by CoEHAR researchers can contribute the discussions of ENDS for cessation and support harm reduction strategies in the world.
“However, it is important to understand a fact when talking about smoking: even today, nicotine is believed to play a major role in the developing of atherosclerosis” explains prof. Polosa “Nicotine does not cause atherosclerosis. In a survey conducted by SERMO on 1000 Italian doctors, it was found that 62 percent of the sample still think that atherosclerosis is caused by nicotine. The fact that 33 percent of the sample is made up of cardiologists is significant".
According the authors, for every 100 people, 10 to 19 are likely to quit using an e-cigarette; 12 to 16 using varenicline; and 10 to 18 using cytisine. This is compared to the 6 in 100 people likely to quit when using no medicine/e-cigarette or placebo. People using two forms of nicotine replacement therapy at the same time, for example, a combination of nicotine patch and nicotine gum, seemed to have similar rates of quitting to people using e-cigarettes, varenicline and cytisine.
The conference will bring together leading experts in the field to discuss the latest research on dyslipidemias and their management. Topics to be covered include the latest guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS), as well as innovative topics such as environmental risk factors, including smoking, and their role in the progression of atherosclerosis.
Prof. Giovanni Li Volti, director of CoEHAR e dr. Renèe O'Leary will be in conference as a speakers with two interesting abstract on Harm Reduction and CoEHAR research.
"We read with interest the proposed draft bill and we are appreciative of the key contributions this Bill will make in relation to the contrast of tobacco smoking. However, we are concerned that the current draft will restrict less risky options for people who would benefit from using these products to quit smoking. Bringing regulatory parity between cigarettes and non-combustible alternatives (like e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, oral nicotine/tobacco pouches) will further discourage smokers from trying alternatives – something that should be actively encouraged given that South Africa has high smoking prevalence and low successful quitting rate"
86% of physicians believe that combustion is more harmful than nicotine. 64%-77% of physicians believe that nicotine directly causes various smoking-related conditions, with 19% to 32% believing strongly.
A panel of tobacco control experts, including Dr. Sudhanshu Patwardhan, Dr. Riccardo Polosa, and Dr. Jed Rose, discuss their views on how the survey results might impact smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction efforts.
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