regulators still treat it as a tobacco product
In addition, they wrote, sales data might not reflect actual consumption, because all purchased products might not be used by the consumer because of loss, damage, or tobacco cessation. And because per person estimates of tobacco consumption are not exact, the authors point out that an upward trend in tobacco consumption does not necessarily mean that more Americans are using tobacco products
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Another area of research is studying how these products, when used with other tobacco products that contain nicotine, could increase a persons nicotine dependence and make it harder to quit products like cigarettes