While the administration has said these pouch products can be a safer alternative, they still do contain nicotine, an addictive and harmful chemical that is derived from tobacco
In four out of seven surveyed countries (United States, United Kingdom, South Africa and Norway), more than half of current smokers reported this perception
The 2014 Surgeon Generals Report: Commemorating the 50 th Anniversary of the 1964 Report of the Advisory Committee to the US Surgeon General and Updating the Evidence on the Health Consequences of Cigarette Smoking. American Journal of Epidemiology 179, no 4
Nonetheless, the association between smoking and mortality has been extensively studied and documented [22, 29, 51,52,53]
These findings emphasize that the only safe way to protect children from smoke exposure is to quit smoking and ban smoking in the home. What Does Thirdhand Smoke Exposure Do To Our Bodies