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Article History

Received: 10 August 2025

Accepted: 18 September 2025

First Online: 5 November 2025

Declarations

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: KF has received consulting fees from many companies that develop or market pharmaceutical and behavioral treatments for smoking cessation. KF has been consulting for tobacco companies in their development of reduced-risk tobacco products. VM declares that Spolecnost Podane ruce has received a financial donation from a tobacco company for prevention, harm reduction and treatment of addictions. NRR and GG are members of the Extremadura Research Chair in Cardiovascular Risk Reduction, which is partially financed by a tobacco company.

: Ethical approval was not required for this work as it is a scholarly opinion piece that does not involve human subjects, animal research, or empirical data collection.

: This manuscript is a scholarly opinion that does not involve human subjects. As such, informed consent was not applicable to this work.