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In Sweden, smokeless products drive tobacco harm reduction push
VAXHOLM, Sweden — The solution is simple, according to Karl Fagerström. Now retired, the Swedish researcher and inventor has dedicated his life to smoking cessation therapies and strategies. In 2000 he founded Niconovum, a pharmaceutical company that created the first tobacco-free nicotine pouches, sourcing nicotine the same way as for patches or gum. The rationale? To create a better way to stop smoking. Niconovum was later sold to Reynolds Ame…
A large majority of those who use non-combustion products in Spain—such as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco, or nicotine pouches—have quit smoking traditional tobacco. 78% of users of these new categories no longer use combustible cigarettes, suggesting that these products are acting as a way out of smoking, rather than a gateway, as is often claimed by official discourse. This is one of the main conclusions of the study "Alternatives to Conventiona…
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