Insurers generally define a smoker as someone who uses tobacco products or nicotine such as cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, or nicotine replacement lozenges within a set period (often the last 12 months)
Because of this property of UFPs, extrapulmonary diseases related to PM exposure may be particularly attributable to UFPs 1,5
Areas for further research include whether a consumer nicotine gum such as the product studied can encourage more sustained use compared to NRT gum, and (building on comments to this effect from purchasers) whether consumer nicotine gum may be helpful in preventing relapse among persons who formerly smoked
do not support the allegation that widespread use of ST serves as a gateway to smoking, especially among youth
Learn more: CDC Office on Smoking and Healths factsheet: What We Know: Tobacco Use and Quitting Among Individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions
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