The authorization permits the company to use the following claim for the approved products: "Using ZYN instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis." For the travel retail tobacco category, the decision represents another regulatory milestone for smoke-free alternatives, with PMI expanding the number of products in its portfolio that have received FDA modified-risk authorization
2018 studied in their study Nicotine replacement therapy versus control for smoking cessation. 2
They are not intended to determine the identity of users
Heat-not-burn devices work by gently heating the tobacco stick, instead of burning the tobacco as with traditional cigarette or cigar smoking, cutting out the need for combustion
Now, the person must smoke more cigarettes because more nicotine is necessary to cause the same effect
This intricate cluster is something Southeast Asian manufacturing hubs will find challenging to replicate, estimating a timeline of 5-7 years to achieve similar quality and scale
