The next wave of tobacco harm reduction? Emerging transitions from smoking to safer nicotine products in South Korea, Ireland and Estonia — Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction
September 29, 2026 by gsthr.org
The next wave of tobacco harm reduction? Emerging transitions from smoking to safer nicotine products in South Korea, Ireland and Estonia — Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction
For many people, the route away from smoking is not one clean break but a transition. The latest GSTHR Briefing Paper looks at emerging shifts from cigarettes to safer nicotine products across countries, showing how people reduce risk by changing the way they use nicotine. These country-level patterns matter because they reveal what happens when alternatives are available, acceptable and understood. Tobacco policy should learn from those real-world transitions instead of treating continued nicotine use as a failure.
