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The former Czech National Drugs Coordinator has criticized a Swedish anti-tobacco activist in an opinion article published in Brussels\u2019 largest English-language daily.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article, written by Jindrich Voboril, is an \u201copen reaction<\/a>\u201d to a text by Helen Stjerna, Secretary General of the Sweden-based anti-tobacco organisation A Non-Smoking Generation Generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her piece<\/a>, Stjerna called on the EU to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to regulate \u201call non-pharmaceutical nicotine products\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is compelling scientific evidence emphasizing the need to prevent nicotine addiction, no matter which product, for the sake of public health,\u201d writes Stjerna, claiming that a harm reduction approach to tobacco products \u201cwill only cause more harm\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swede\u2019s claims prompted a sharp response from Voboril, a leading anti-drug authority in the Czech Republic and advocate of harm reduction approaches to managing drug abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA world free of addictions is utopia,\u201d he argues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo bring a substantial change we need to prioritize science.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018False ideology\u2019 of anti-tobacco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

He goes on to accuse Stjerna and other international bodies, including the European Commission and the European Beating Cancer Plan<\/a>, of pushing an anti-tobacco \u201cfalse ideology\u201d that harmful addictive \u201cpleasures\u201d must be banned altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir approach ignores human psychology and sells a political and non-scientific decision,\u201d writes Voboril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He points to purely use-reduction approaches such as alcohol prohibition and the war on drugs as failed attempts to reduce the negative effects of certain addictive behaviours.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, the harm reduction approach of implementing needle exchange programmes in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s led to drops in drug addiction and the spread of HIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snus as anti-smoking weapon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Voboril also highlights the role of snus in helping Sweden reach WHO smoking rate reduction goals. He views the growth of snus, nicotine pouches, and other safer nicotine alternatives to cigarettes as market-driven solutions stemming from a \u201cbottom-up revolution\u201d in harm reduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He goes on to criticize international agreements that force countries to \u201ckeep working with outdated policies\u201d and stifle harm reduction at the national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMillions die prematurely because our response to the new evidence on tobacco harm reduction is disregarded by the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC),\u201d writes Voboril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voboril suggests instead that addictive behaviour should be viewed as a mental health issue that is managed by focusing on \u201cminimising harms\u201d by offering less risky alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe help those who cannot stop and set those who want to abstain on achievable path,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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