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July 2007

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Smokeless Tobacco: Reducing Harm?
Issue Image

The image this month is of Nicotiana tabacum, the plant from which tobacco is made—a surprisingly pretty plant. One of its unpleasant products, snus, a smokeless tobacco, is discussed in a debate article (Gartner, et al.) published in this month's issue, and in the editorial (The PLoS Medicine Editors).

Image Credit: Joachim Müllerchen (from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Tabak_P9290021.JPG)

Editorial

Tobacco Substitutes: Harm Reduction or Smokescreen?

The PLoS Medicine Editors

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040244

Related Articles

  1. Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus) as a Harm Reduction Measure?
  2. Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus): Comments from British American Tobacco
  3. Tobacco Substitutes: Snus and Harm Reduction
  4. Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus): Author's Reply

The PLoS Medicine Debate

Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus) as a Harm Reduction Measure?

Coral E Gartner, Wayne D Hall, Simon Chapman, Becky Freeman

PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040185

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  2. Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus): Comments from British American Tobacco
  3. Tobacco Substitutes: Snus and Harm Reduction
  4. Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus): Author's Reply

Neglected Diseases

Liver Fluke Induces Cholangiocarcinoma

Banchob Sripa, Sasithorn Kaewkes, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Eimorn Mairiang, Thewarach Laha, Michael Smout, Chawalit Pairojkul, Vajaraphongsa Bhudhisawasdi, Smarn Tesana, Bandit Thinkamrop, Jeffrey M Bethony, Alex Loukas, Paul J Brindley

PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040201

Perspective

Surfactant Levels in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Marcus Davey

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040243

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  1. Surfactant Maturation Is Not Delayed in Human Fetuses with Diaphragmatic Hernia

Policy Forums

The US Anti-Prostitution Pledge: First Amendment Challenges and Public Health Priorities

Nicole Franck Masenior, Chris Beyrer

PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040207

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  1. The US Anti-Prostitution Pledge: A Call for Cooperation
  2. The US Anti-Prostitution Pledge: Authors' Reply

Male Circumcision for Prevention of HIV Transmission: What the New Data Mean for HIV Prevention in the United States

Patrick S Sullivan, Peter H Kilmarx, Thomas A Peterman, Allan W Taylor, Allyn K Nakashima, Mary L Kamb, Lee Warner, Timothy D Mastro

PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040223

South Africa's Experience of the Closure of the Cellulose Sulphate Microbicide Trial

Gita Ramjee, Roshini Govinden, Neetha S Morar, Anthony Mbewu

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040235

Research in Translation

Graft-Versus-Host Disease: A Surge of Developments

Stanley R Riddell, Frederick R Appelbaum

PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040198

Student Forum

Excessive Work Hours of Physicians in Training in El Salvador: Putting Patients at Risk

Kenneth R Fernández Taylor

PLOS Medicine: published July 17, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040205

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A Student-Led Campaign to Help Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sandeep P Kishore, Prabhjot S Dhadialla

PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040241

Research Articles

The Effects of Mandatory Prescribing of Thiazides for Newly Treated, Uncomplicated Hypertension: Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

Atle Fretheim, Kari Håvelsrud, Graeme MacLennan, Doris Tove Kristoffersen, Andrew D Oxman

PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040232

Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Western Rwanda: Blindness in a Postconflict Setting

Wanjiku Mathenge, John Nkurikiye, Hans Limburg, Hannah Kuper

PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040217

Plasticity of Central Chemoreceptors: Effect of Bilateral Carotid Body Resection on Central CO2 Sensitivity

Albert Dahan, Diederik Nieuwenhuijs, Luc Teppema

PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040239

Surfactant Maturation Is Not Delayed in Human Fetuses with Diaphragmatic Hernia

Olivier Boucherat, Alexandra Benachi, Bernadette Chailley-Heu, Marie-Laure Franco-Montoya, Caroline Elie, Jelena Martinovic, Jacques R Bourbon

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040237

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Beta-Catenin Signaling Plays a Disparate Role in Different Phases of Fracture Repair: Implications for Therapy to Improve Bone Healing

Yan Chen, Heather C Whetstone, Alvin C Lin, Puviindran Nadesan, Qingxia Wei, Raymond Poon, Benjamin A Alman

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040249

Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research

Salla A Munro, Simon A Lewin, Helen J Smith, Mark E Engel, Atle Fretheim, Jimmy Volmink

PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040238

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Preventing Childhood Malaria in Africa by Protecting Adults from Mosquitoes with Insecticide-Treated Nets

Gerry F Killeen, Tom A Smith, Heather M Ferguson, Hassan Mshinda, Salim Abdulla, Christian Lengeler, Steven P Kachur

PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040229

Age Interactions in the Development of Naturally Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum and Its Clinical Presentation

John J Aponte, Clara Menendez, David Schellenberg, Elizeus Kahigwa, Hassan Mshinda, Penelope Vountasou, Marcel Tanner, Pedro L Alonso

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040242

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Toll-Like Receptor 2 Impairs Host Defense in Gram-Negative Sepsis Caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis)

W. Joost Wiersinga, Catharina W Wieland, Mark C Dessing, Narisara Chantratita, Allen C Cheng, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Wirongrong Chierakul, Masja Leendertse, Sandrine Florquin, Alex F de Vos, Nicholas White, Arjen M Dondorp, Nicholas P Day, Sharon J Peacock, Tom van der Poll

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040248

Correspondence

Transparent Development of WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines: A Useful Approach

Antonio Cunha

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040245

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WHO's Response to Global Public Health Threats: XDR-TB

Kumanan Wilson, Michael Gardam, Christopher McDougall, Amir Attaran, Ross Upshur

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040246

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Medicines without Doctors: In Mozambique, Salaries Are Not the Biggest Problem

Wouter Arrazola de Oñate

PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040236

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