Professor Riccardo Polosa, an expert on tobacco harm reduction, has just received the INNCO Global Award. This is a great honor for those who are working day and night to create positive impacts in the fight against tobacco.
Professor Polosa, director of the Center for Internal Medicine and Anti-Tobacco Research at the University of Catania, received the award on Saturday 17 June during the GFN 2017 program held in Warsaw.
The award organizers said Professor Polosa was chosen for “using his scientific and medical knowledge, his advocacy and his belief in the benefits of switching to safer nicotine products to promote the concept of tobacco harm reduction.”
Professor Riccardo Polosa is known as one of the leaders in the field of clinical bronchial stimulation, and is also the author of more than 250 reviews and books on respiratory medicine, clinical immunology and tobacco addiction.
Professor Polosa's research on vaping for asthmatics
The professor also conducted extensive research on the correlation between switching from cigarettes to vaping and the ability to reduce asthma symptoms in patients.
“In asthma patients, we saw quite large and stable improvements in respiratory symptoms, complication rates and lung function after 6 months of regular and continuous e-cigarette use for 2 years,” Professor Polosa said in an interview last year.
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In addition, he expressed that he and his research team will continue to study the effects of vaping on patients with COPD (Chronic Pulmonary Disease) and diabetes. The medical director also shared his views on other notable areas such as chronic neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and other psychological diseases.
Source: Diane Caruana - Vapingpost
