Can it be Ethical to Apply Limited Resources in Low-income Countries to Ineffective, Low-reach Smoking Cessation Strategies? A Reply to Bitton and Eyal
Public Health Ethics 5 (1):29-37 (2012)
| Abstract | Bitton and Eyal's lengthy critique of our article on unassisted cessation was premised on several straw-man arguments. These are corrected in our reply. It also confused the key concepts of efficacy and effectiveness in assessing the impact of cessation interventions and policies in real-world settings; ignored any consideration of reach (cost, consumer acceptability and accessibility) and failed to consider that clinical cessation interventions which fail more than they succeed also may ‘harm’ smokers by reducing agency. Our article addresses each of these problems, concluding that any consideration of the ethics of promoting smoking cessation in low-income nations should begin and end with the question of whether the strategies to be adopted have any prospect of influencing significant numbers of smokers to quit | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,672 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesE. Breton & W. Sherlaw (2011). Examining Tobacco Control Strategies and Aims Through a Social Justice Lens: An Application of Sen's Capability Approach. Public Health Ethics 4 (2):149-159.
Irene Grote (2004). Self-Experimentation and Self-Management: Allies in Combination Therapies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27 (2):266-267.
D. Kotz, R. Vos & M. J. H. Huibers (2009). Ethical Analysis of the Justifiability of Labelling with COPD for Smoking Cessation. Journal of Medical Ethics 35 (9):534-540.
L. Kapiriri (forthcoming). Priority Setting in Low Income Countries: The Roles and Legitimacy of Development Assistance Partners. Public Health Ethics 5 (1):67-80.
Kathleen R. Diviak, Susan J. Curry, Sherry L. Emery & Robin J. Mermelstein (2004). Human Participants Challenges in Youth Tobacco Cessation Research: Researchers' Perspectives. Ethics and Behavior 14 (4):321 – 334.
James D. Gwartney & Robert A. Lawson (2006). The Impact of Tax Policy on Economic Growth, Income Distribution, and Allocation of Taxes. Social Philosophy and Policy 23 (2):28-52.
Denis Collins (1996). Serving the Homeless and Low-Income Communities Through Business & Society/Business Ethics Class Projects: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Plan. Journal of Business Ethics 15 (1):67 - 85.
Kjell Arne Johansson & Ole Frithjof Norheim (2011). Problems With Prioritization: Exploring Ethical Solutions to Inequalities in HIV Care. American Journal of Bioethics 11 (12):32-40.
A. A. Hyder, C. B. Krubiner, G. Bloom & A. Bhuiya (2012). Exploring the Ethics of Long-Term Research Engagement With Communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Public Health Ethics 5 (3):252-262.
Alford A. Young Jr (1999). The (Non) Accumulation of Capital: Explicating the Relationship of Structure and Agency in the Lives of Poor Black Men. Sociological Theory 17 (2):201-227.
Azam Golam (2010). Distribution of Health Care Resources in LIC: A Utilitarian Approach. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
Diane Scott-Jones (1994). Ethical Issues in Reporting and Referring in Research with Low-Income Minority Children. Ethics and Behavior 4 (2):97 – 108.
K. Voigt (2010). Smoking and Social Justice. Public Health Ethics 3 (2):91-106.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2012-01-10Total downloads3 ( #201,837 of 549,067 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,185 of 549,067 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
