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. 2008 Feb 16;336(7640):358.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39479.427477.AD.

Should doctors advocate snus and other nicotine replacements? Yes

John Britton  1
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Should doctors advocate snus and other nicotine replacements? Yes

John Britton. BMJ. .

Abstract

Use of snus is less harmful than smoking and John Britton thinks that doctors should suggest it to people who are unable to give up cigarettes. But Alexander Macara argues that it could result in increased use of tobacco

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Competing interests: JB has collaborated in a multicentre randomised clinical trial comparing varenicline with nicotine replacement therapy funded by Pfizer, and has consulted for a company developing a nicotine vaccine.

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