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RE: The Highs and Lows of Vaping: What Does Science Say?

in #science6 years ago

Yeah, all of this health recommendation business it’s a hard balancing act. The Nuffield ladder of intervention is often a good framework to when thinking about public health policy. Each step up is philosophically different from the step before. If an intervention is important to health there is often more we can do that just provide information and let people decide for themselves, but equally head too far up the ladder and we run the risk of committing some pretty intense ethical violations.

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I love the ladder--"doing nothing is an active policy decision". It's actually comforting to see that policy-making is systematized logically and rationally. Fascinating reflection of values. I can see how these might vary depending on culture and education. Quite a field you've chosen--constantly evolving. You'll be learning and studying the rest of your life :)

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