“No tar, no tobacco, no smoke, no smell,” is the battle cry of the latest effort to pedal nicotine to an unsuspecting public.
Electronic cigarettes that look like the real thing are being promoted to women using a sound-alike designer name.
A website even claims that physicians say electronic cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Brightly colored tins whose contents look like candy but contain snuff are being marketed to young people to entice them to use tobacco and get hooked on nicotine.
Your patients need to know that these products are far from being harmless.
Electronic cigarettes deliver nicotine through water and contain toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ingredient in antifreeze.
Snuff delivers three to four times as much nicotine as cigarettes.
Talk to your patients about tobacco use and be sure to specifically include the latest forms in your discussion, and remind them that nicotine addicts no matter the form.
Find more information on smokeless tobacco.