It is often marketed as a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes because it does not involve inhaling smoke into the lungs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that using tobacco products causes oral cancer, gum disease, and other oral health problems
The main options are tobacco-free nicotine pouches (VELO, ICEBERG, KILLA), herbal nicotine-free dips (Smokey Mountain, BaccOff), FDA-approved nicotine gum and lozenges, and functional pouches like PABLO
Approximately 23.6 million Americans struggled with nicotine dependence in 2020
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Currently while many manufacturers have stopped making them, they can be made and sold for non-tobacco uses