New policy of people-first language to replace 'smoker', 'vaper' 'tobacco user' and other behaviour-based labels

Marita Hefler^{1

2}, Sarah J Durkin³, Joanna E Cohen⁴, Lisa Henriksen⁵, Richard O'Connor⁶, Joaquin Barnoya^{7

8}, Sarah E Hill^{9

10}, Ruth E Malone¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia marita.hefler@menzies.edu.au.
² NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
³ Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA.
⁷ Departamento de Investigacion, Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular, Guatemala, Guatemala.
⁸ Integra Cancer Institute, Guatemala, Guatemala.
⁹ Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁰ School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹¹ Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

Editorial

Marita Hefler et al. Tob Control. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;32(2):133-134.

doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-057950.

Marita Hefler^{1

2}, Sarah J Durkin³, Joanna E Cohen⁴, Lisa Henriksen⁵, Richard O'Connor⁶, Joaquin Barnoya^{7

8}, Sarah E Hill^{9

10}, Ruth E Malone¹¹

¹ Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia marita.hefler@menzies.edu.au.
² NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
³ Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA.
⁷ Departamento de Investigacion, Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular, Guatemala, Guatemala.
⁸ Integra Cancer Institute, Guatemala, Guatemala.
⁹ Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁰ School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹¹ Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Addiction; Advertising and Promotion; Advocacy.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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