{"title":"Does switching from tobacco to reduced-risk products free up hospital resources?","authors":"F. Moscone","doi":"10.12968/bjhc.2023.0046","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Promoting a shift from smoking tobacco to reduced-risk products—such as vapes and heat-not-burn tobacco—has the potential to ease the burden on healthcare resources, particularly health expenditure, if empirical evidence shows that reduced-risk products are an effective smoking cessation tool or can help to mitigate the risk of disease. However, there are notable variations in needs and provision of healthcare services between different regions. This article will explore this heterogeneity with the aim of understanding the different health impacts of switching from smoking to reduced-risk products across England, assessing the potential savings for the NHS and potential progress towards the goal of the country becoming smoke-free. This exploratory analysis of different sources of variation across regions offers policy insights to motivate further research.","PeriodicalId":35342,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Health Care Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British Journal of Health Care Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2023.0046","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Promoting a shift from smoking tobacco to reduced-risk products—such as vapes and heat-not-burn tobacco—has the potential to ease the burden on healthcare resources, particularly health expenditure, if empirical evidence shows that reduced-risk products are an effective smoking cessation tool or can help to mitigate the risk of disease. However, there are notable variations in needs and provision of healthcare services between different regions. This article will explore this heterogeneity with the aim of understanding the different health impacts of switching from smoking to reduced-risk products across England, assessing the potential savings for the NHS and potential progress towards the goal of the country becoming smoke-free. This exploratory analysis of different sources of variation across regions offers policy insights to motivate further research.
期刊介绍:
British Journal of Healthcare Management (BJHCM) is the independent monthly journal which is essential reading for all health service managers, policymakers, influencers and commentators. Launched in 1995, BJHCM mixes peer-reviewed management articles with interviews, analysis and comment to bring you a sharp, topical and valuable insight into what"s happening in and around the NHS. To reflect the way that the NHS is changing, the journal has recently received a major face-lift and several new features now appear alongside BJHCM"s excellent state-of-the-art review articles and celebrated columnists.