Vaping is readily and legally available in other western countries and is a major contributor to the accelerated decline in smoking Australias official smoking rate declined by only 5% over the last 4 years (12.3% in 2018 and 11.7% in 2022)
The first Heat-not-Burn tobacco products were introduced in the late 1980s and even though they did not achieve commercial success in that moment, since then tobacco companies have been trying to bring tobacco heating systems with new modified features to the market
Because nicotine pouches are so new, the amount of safety and efficacy evidence is still relatively small, Hrywna says
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