By the the time we have good data, the tobacco industry has come up with a new product thats really exciting to people. Big tobacco now speaks the language of harm reduction and a smoke-free future, but Gernt notes this ambition does not line up with the billions still spent on marketing cigarettes and suggests any charitable notions from the tobacco industry should be taken with skepticism
But in the long term, it has the opposite effect: It can have a profound impact on the structure, function and connections in the young brain, which may harm their ability to pay attention, learn and remember things
The pouches even come with different levels of nicotine, which could help with tapering
Gina Kruse, an internal medicine doctor who cares for patients at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, urges caution
A 2023 study found that while Zyn products do not contain some cancer-causing agents found in cigarettes or vapes, they do contain chemicals the FDA finds harmful, including formaldehyde