US EditionTobacco-Free Smoking Sticks Contain "Too Much Nicotine" - DutchNews.nl
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Health: The sticks tested contained between 0.7 and 1 milligram of nicotine, while the RIVM recommends a maximum amount of 0.028 milligrams.
In addition to cigarettes, cigars and the newer e-cigarettes and vapes, nicotine sticks have also been around for some time. They do not contain tobacco, have many different flavors and users ingest a harmful amount of nicotine, says the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in a new report. With a nicotine stick, you put a cigarette-like stick in a device that heats the stick, releasing nicotine and flavorings. Unlike …
Nicotine sticks contain eighteen to twenty-five times more nicotine than is considered safe. The flammable sticks can cause heart palpitations and lung complaints. This is evident from research by the RIVM. The Ministry of Health is going to tighten the rules for nicotine.
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Outgoing State Secretary Vincent Karremans (Public Health, VVD) expects to be able to come up with regulations soon to limit the amount of nicotine in nicotine sticks and other similar products. He said this in response to a study by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), which showed that there is currently far too much nicotine in these sticks.
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