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Most cigarette and little cigar users overestimate nicotine’s harm, new U.S. Path study finds

63 per cent of adults who use little cigars and cigarillos overestimate nicotine’s harm 65.7 per cent have incorrect perceptions about nicotine’s health risks No significant difference compared with people who smoke cigarettes or use both products Using additional tobacco products linked…

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Nicotine pouches overtake snus in Scandinavia, study finds

Nicotine pouches have overtaken traditional snus in Sweden and Norway, according to a new analysis of online sales data covering more than seven years. The study, released as a preprint in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, examined more than 19 million e-commerce…

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OPINION: does tobacco control understand how science even works?

The author is Associate Professor at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Politico’s coverage of an event held by the European Respiratory Society reminds me just how “tobacco control” has become a toxic ocean full of “experts” indulging…

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Nearly half of smokers quit after switching to nicotine pouches, U.S. study finds

Nearly half of participants who smoked at the start of the study were not smoking after 10 weeks. Weekly cigarette use among participants fell from 15.9% to 8.1%. Almost a quarter of users switched completely from other tobacco products to nicotine pouches.…

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Continuing to vape linked to lower risk of smoking relapse, UK trial finds

Smokers who quit smoking with the help of vapes were less likely to relapse than those who quit using nicotine replacement therapy. Continued use of vapes after quitting was linked to lower relapse rates up to one year. The study analysed data…

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Teen nicotine use shifts away from cigarettes as smoking continues to fall, global study finds

A WHO-backed analysis found teenagers were more likely to use non-combustible nicotine products than cigarettes in 31 of 57 countries studied Public health authorities say vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking, because it avoids tobacco combustion Long-term projections show teen cigarette…

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Lab study’s passive vaping claims don’t match real-world exposure, say experts

Experts say a lab study on “passive vaping” does not reflect what bystanders actually breathe in real life. The experiment used a machine to pump vape aerosol into a tiny sealed chamber, which critics say can exaggerate exposure levels. Roberto A. Sussman…

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Scary headlines, shaky science: why some vaping studies don’t add up

Some recent studies linking vaping to heart disease and cancer rely on weak or inconsistent methods. Experts say “adjusting for smoking” is often done too crudely to separate vaping risks from decades of past smoking. Reviews that combine flawed studies can give…

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“Factually wrong”: experts destroy study used by EU Commission to justify nicotine clampdown

An academic article used by EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to justify his assertion that safer nicotine products are as dangerous as smoking has been taken apart by a leading tobacco and nicotine expert. “In my view this is not a scientific review,…

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