Other dangers of using nicotine pouches

The general practitioner warns against nicotine pouches use during pregnancy, as it may affect fetal brain development. In addition, nicotine can also increase the risk of stillbirth and premature pregnancies. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists also agrees that nicotine can lead to hypertension, diabetes, obesity, neurobehavioral disorders, infertility, and even respiratory failure. Nicotine is addictive, which is especially dangerous for young people whose brains are still developing. According to the CDC, nearly 90 percent of smokers took their first puff before age 18. Nicotine can have mind-altering properties and can cause cravings that are sometimes uncontrollable. Many experts still recommend that no one under the age of 21 should try any form of it, especially since there is compelling evidence that nicotine can alter the functioning of the developing brain. The Surgeon General warns that exposure to nicotine during adolescence adversely affects cognitive function and development. Therefore, the potential long-term cognitive effects of nicotine exposure in this age group are of great concern.

Since the promotion of research and the marketing practices of e-cigarette manufacturers, many officials have been watching this industry. Folan believes that supporting “the FDA in their efforts to properly label the contents of e-cigarette devices, monitor the safe handling and manufacturing of products, mandate child-resistant packaging, remove flavors, set and enforce age restrictions on the sale of these products. , and limit advertising and anti-vaping ads aimed at youth” can all help to reduce the risks associated with this growing trend.

Are US consumers warming to ‘heat no burn’ tobacco

Federal regulators are investigating these products, which heat tobacco instead of burning it. Manufacturers hope to overtake e-cigarettes. A new tobacco product that is already popular overseas may overtake e-cigarettes in the United States. New research from San Diego State University predicts that “heat-no-smoke” tobacco products may soon flood the U.S. market. The authors caution that policymakers, anti-tobacco advocates and the health care community must be ready to act when the products arrive. Heatless tobacco products are the latest iteration of electronic smoking. Unlike e-cigarettes and vaporizers, they do not rely on nicotine-containing liquid (“e-juice”). Instead, they use real tobacco that has been heated to around 299°C: using a battery-powered heating element. The tobacco is kept below the combustion temperature, creating an inhalable aerosol. Heat-not-burn products are not currently available in the US. They are sold in several test markets in Europe and Asia. The strongest market is in Japan, where they have been available since 2014.

 

A product under investigation in the United States

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently evaluating Philip Morris International’s IQOS technology, a heat-no-burn technology. However, the product has to undergo a strict check because it is marketed as a “modified risk tobacco product”. Modified Risk Tobacco product (MRTP) is a designation given by the FDA that refers to “tobacco products that are sold or distributed for use to reduce the harm or risk of tobacco-related disease associated with commercially marketed tobacco products.” To achieve this designation, an applicant must demonstrate that the product has the ability to “significantly reduce tobacco-related harm” and disease. It must also benefit public health at the population level, taking into account individuals who do not use tobacco products. We will see, do IQOS and other heat non-burn products meet this designation. The FDA will give its decision on the product within the next two months. If approved, IQOS would be the first device to bear the MRTP label.

Looking for answers

There is currently no information on heated tobacco products. The authors of the study point out that there are less than 30 studies of these devices in the medical literature. Because of this, they relied on non-traditional data, including Google search data, to analyze the growing interest in the product. “[Google searches] are probably a stronger indication of interest than if you just asked in a survey,” John Ayers, the study’s lead author and research professor at San Diego State, told Healthline. “Here we observe people who are looking for information about the product and possibly trying to buy the product.” Ayers said looking at this type of data has previously been able to predict the rise of e-cigarettes, as well as other things like movie and album sales.

What they’ve seen so far about heat from smokeless tobacco products suggests they could be a phenomenon that dwarfs even e-cigarettes. According to the study, about 6-7 million “heat no burn” Google searches are now done in Japan every month. Two years ago, almost no one was looking for them online. “This rate of growth eclipses anything else we’ve ever seen in other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes,” Ayers said. Given these trends, the potential for massive growth both in the United States and around the world is likely, the researchers said.