smoking herbs vs tobacco pot vs. tobacco: What science says about lighting up Safe Herbs to Smoke: Evidence,

doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1694729 Received 28 August 2025 Accepted 10 October 2025 Published 27 October 2025 Volume 13 - 2025 Edited by Prashanth GP, National University of Science and Technology (Muscat), Oman Reviewed by Heni Nurhaeni, Health Polytechnic of Jakarta I, Indonesia Alaa Sarkees, Duhok Polytechnic University, Iraq Updates Copyright 2025 Ba-Break, Bewick, Elsey, Huss, Ensor, Saleh, Donnelly and Osman

In late 2023 and early 2024, the major US e-cigarette suppliers Nicotine River and ECBlend introduced PMTA-exempt products with the brand names Nixamide or Nixodine or Nixotine, with nicotinamide as the main active ingredient

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This describes life-time smoking status and satisfies the definition of either a current or former smoker [19, 20]