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Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
Information on the internet about the health risks associated with the consumption of smokeless tobacco usually
overstates the risk. This is the conclusion of research published today in the Open Access journal BMC Public Health,
entitled "You might as well smoke; the misleading and harmful public message about smokeless tobacco".
A study of 316 internet websites showed that most government, health advice, and advocacy websites suggested that smokeless
tobacco use is as harmful as cigarette smoking, even though the risk is actually extremely small compared to that from
smoking.
Carl V. Phillips, of the University of Texas School of Medicine Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Based Medicine and
School of Public Health, and colleagues report that the public is unlikely to find accurate information on the comparative
risks of smokeless tobacco and cigarettes, leading to misconceptions amongst consumers. Phillips notes, "smokers can
dramatically cut their risks by switching to smokeless tobacco, a strategy called 'harm reduction', but they have little
chance of learning this. Similarly, authoritative organizations are telling smokeless tobacco users, in effect, 'you might as
well smoke,' a public health message that actually encourages people to switch to a much more dangerous product."
Phillips and colleagues conducted a systematic review of popular sources of information available on the internet, by looking
at the content of websites that provide information about smokeless tobacco and health, found using a Google search. They
found that of the 316 sites that were suitable for inclusion in the review, "almost every website had statements that played
up the health risks from smokeless tobacco without caveat". Furthermore, "a large portion of websites directly stated or
implied that the risks from smokeless tobacco and cigarettes are similar". The websites of organisations including the U.S.
National Cancer Institute and other government agencies, the American Cancer Society, and several of the most popular health
advice sites contained information that either explicitly or implicitly suggested that the risks of smokeless tobacco and
cigarettes are comparable.
According to the authors, this association of the risks of smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking may have important
negative health implications. "Through these websites, smokers and policy makers are told there is no potential for harm
reduction, an unethical message that is both false and harmful to people's health", conclude the authors.
The harmful effects of cigarette smoking have been well researched and documented. Different tobacco products are associated
with different levels of health risks, and smokeless tobacco (the most popular form of which in Europe and North America is
moist snuff, held between the lip and gum) is substantially less harmful when compared with cigarettes. Estimates typically
put the risk of dying from snuff use in the range of 1% or 2% of that from cigarette smoking, though some experts put the
estimate at or near zero since snuff use has not been definitively linked to any fatal disease.
BMC Public Health publishes articles on all aspects of epidemiology and public health medicine.
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BioMed Central currently publishes over 100 journals across biology and medicine. In addition to open-access original
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This press release is based on the article:
You Might as Well Smoke;
the misleading and harmful public message about smokeless tobacco
Carl V. Phillips, Constance Wang, Brian Guenzel,
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:31 (5 April 2005)
This article is available free of charge, according to BMC Public Health s Open Access policy at biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-5-31.pdf
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