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May 15, 2024 · Adults who have never smoked or used other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, should not start. E-cigarettes may have the potential to benefit adults who smoke and are not pregnant if they are used as a complete substitute for smoked tobacco products. However, no e-cigarette has been approved by the FDA as a smoking cessation aid.
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- What is a HeatStick?
- The dangers of smoking
•Smoking giants Philip Morris and Altria have launched IQOS, a “HeatStick” that heats up rather than burns tobacco, for sale in the United States.
•This new e-cigarette-like product is pitched to consumers as a safer alternative to vaping.
•Medical experts say it’s too soon to declare this a safer choice, and the long-term medical risks associated with IQOS are still unknown.
•Doctors say that, as with any tobacco product, the health risks are still high.
In the middle of a national public health crisis surrounding vaping, a new product that just hit the market is pitching itself as a safer alternative.
The makers of a so-called “HeatStick” claim their technology that “heats” tobacco is safer than competitors that “burn” it.
IQOS looks like other e-cigarettes. It’s a long, pen-shaped device. It was first developed by tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris when they were still one company.
Philip Morris has been distributing the product internationally, and Altria is marketing it domestically through an agreement between the two, CNBC reports.
U.S. distribution was made possible after IQOS was approved for sale by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year, according to a press release.
The companies say the device heats tobacco at a lower temperature than products such as traditional cigarettes, which burn the substance. They say this process releases fewer toxins to the body.
While heating rather than burning tobacco products “may produce different levels of toxins,” Dr. Michael Ong, MD, PhD, professor in residence of medicine and health policy and management at UCLA Health, told Healthline there are “likely still health risks that are not yet fully known” due to the product’s newness.
“It would be difficult to say that these are safer than other tobacco products on the market. The FDA is still reviewing the Modified Risk Tobacco Product application, so its availability in the U.S. isn’t because it’s been determined to be a ‘safer’ product,” Ong said.
“An important misconception that is important to highlight is the fact that ‘vaping’ is actually not vapor. It’s an aerosol. The difference is that vapor is just a gas phase of something that is liquid or solid. Aerosol is a gas mixed with particles,” Choi said. “It’s possible that by heating a nicotine stick, aerosols will be formed and inhaled, similar to what happens to any electronic cigarette.”
The dangers of vaping have been in the national headlines in recent months.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that so far this year, there have been 1,299 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses in the United States, and 26 deaths have been confirmed in 21 states.
The majority of these cases have been tied to products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Traditional cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year — or almost 1 in every 5 deaths in the United States, according to the CDC.
Ong says that for people concerned about the new IQOS product, it’s important to understand that using it is essentially entering the unknown, since the definitive health risks have yet to be established.
Jul 27, 2021 · But now a new smoke-free alternative called heated tobacco is slowly gaining a foothold in the U.S. market. Also known as heat-not-burn tobacco products, the devices heat up a cigarette without ...
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May 13, 2019 · Philip Morris claims these products are safer than cigarettes, but much remains unknown about the devices and the impact they will have. Here are six important things to know about IQOS. 1. IQOS uses different technology than e-cigarettes. Heat-not-burn products are different from e-cigarettes because they use actual tobacco, not the flavored e ...
- Heat-not-burn products are different from e-cigarettes because they use actual tobacco, not the flavored e-liquid typically found in e-cigarettes....
- As the FDA stated, while its decision “permits the tobacco products to be sold in the United States, it does not mean these products are safe or 'F...
- Tobacco companies claim that heat-not-burn products are less harmful than cigarettes because when tobacco burns, or combusts, it produces more than...
- Truth Initiative® researchers found that IQOS may appeal to youth and young adults because of marketing that depicts the product as “sophisticate...
- Philip Morris plans to offer rolls of tobacco resembling small cigarettes, called HeatSticks, with menthol, a flavor that has been shown to attrac...
- Tobacco companies are attempting to undermine government regulation by using harm reduction claims as a strategy for reframing the industry as part...
Jan 6, 2022 · Heated tobacco products are now available in many countries, but questions remained about their effect on cigarette smoking and health, so we set out to review the evidence. Our new review covers ...
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Oct 6, 2022 · Electronic smoking devices are battery-powered devices that can look and feel like regular cigarettes. Instead of burning tobacco like regular cigarettes, electronic smoking devices use pods filled with a liquid containing nicotine, flavorings, and other chemicals. The battery heats up the liquid, turning it into a vapor or mist that you ...
Dec 12, 2019 · A 2018 review of the studies on heated-tobacco devices found that 20 of 31 were done by tobacco companies. To anti-tobacco advocates such as Bostic, of Action on Smoking and Health, this means the ...
