Tobacco is a plant which contains high levels of nicotine. Nicotine is addictive and not risk-free.
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ALTERNATIVES
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How Hot Does a Cigarette Burn?
When burning takes place, the temperature in a cigarette can rise above 800 degrees celsius at the top. These temperatures trigger the burning and production of smoke, which contains over 6000 chemicals (including around 100 identified by public health authorities as harmful or potentially harmful).
Smoke-free products – such as heated tobacco products, vapes and oral nicotine products – provide nicotine, but do not burn tobacco and therefore do not generate smoke or ash. They are alternatives to cigarettes for adults who would otherwise continue smoking
The burning of the tobacco produces a complex mixture we call smoke.
Smoke contains high levels of harmful and potentially harmful chemicals associated with smoking-related diseases.
What is Nicotine?
Nicotine is a naturally occurring substance found in some plants, most notably in tobacco. It is one of the reasons why people smoke, alongside factors like taste and ritual.
There are often misconceptions about the role of nicotine in causing harm.
Although nicotine is addictive and comes with its own health risks, the harmful chemicals in the smoke of a burning cigarette (combustion) are the primary cause of smoking-related disease, not nicotine.
WHAT ARE SMOKE-FREE ALTERNATIVES?
It is the harmful chemicals in the smoke of a burning cigarette that are the primary cause of smoking-related diseases.
Cigarettes burn tobacco but smoke-free alternatives – such as heated tobacco products, vapes and oral nicotine products – don’t.
They are alternatives to cigarettes for adults who would otherwise continue smoking.
Smoke-free products are not risk-free and contain nicotine, which is addictive. The best choice any smoker can make is to quit tobacco and nicotine altogether.
Vaping Devices
Vaping devices are smoke-free products that heat an e-liquid to produce a vapor.
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WHAT ARE VAPING DEVICES?
Vapes produce an aerosol by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine. Some resemble cigarettes, some resemble pens; while “vape mods” are bigger devices with a liquid chamber. Like other smoke-free products, vaping devices are not risk-free and contain nicotine, which is addictive.
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HOW DO THEY WORK?
Broadly speaking, they include a rechargeable battery and an element that heats the e-liquid to produce the vapor that’s inhaled. The vast majority of liquids—and their vapors—contain nicotine.
HEATED TOBACCO
Heated tobacco products are smoke-free products based on the concept of heating tobacco to temperatures well below those reached by a burning cigarette.
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What is heated tobacco?
Heated tobacco products generate a nicotine-containing aerosol by heating tobacco to temperatures sufficient to release nicotine from the tobacco, but low enough to prevent the tobacco from burning. Like other smoke-free products, heated tobacco products are not risk-free and contain nicotine, which is addictive.
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How does it work?
To produce the nicotine-containing vapor, tobacco (in a stick or capsule) is heated using battery-powered heating systems or by way of a carbon tip.
ORAL SMOKELESS PRODUCTS
Oral smokeless products refers to tobacco (known as snus) and tobacco-free nicotine-containing smoke-free products designed for oral use.
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WHAT ARE ORAL SMOKELESS PRODUCTS?
Snus consists of ground tobacco mixed with water, salt and flavoring agents. It can be loose or in small portion pouches. Its use does not involve burning or inhalation of an aerosol. Tobacco-free nicotine-containing pouches do not contain tobacco. Like other smoke-free products, modern oral products are not risk-free and contain nicotine, which is addictive.
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HOW DO THEY WORK?
Snus are generally placed between the upper lip and gum where it gradually releases nicotine.
SMOKE-FREE PRODUCTS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN ENDING SMOKING FOR GOOD
From electric cars and energy saving lightbulbs to smoke-free products, all are meant to provide a better option to consumers than continuing their original unaltered behaviour.
Providing a better choice to smokers who would otherwise continue smoking has potential to help bring us to a future without smoke faster.
