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Tobacco: nicotine sachets trap adolescents
Nicotine sachets are popular with adolescents, since 40% of them have heard of them. Being able to be flavored, they seem to be aimed at a young audience. – (France 2)
Nicotine sachets are popular with adolescents, since 40% of them have heard of them. Being able to be flavored, they seem to be aimed at a young audience.
On social networks, small white sachets, which contain synthetic nicotine and slip between the lip and the gum, could be mistaken for confectionery. This still little-known product is spreading among young people: 40% of teenagers have heard of it. Red fruit or mint flavor, these sachets, seemingly innocent, sometimes contain five times more nicotine than a classic cigarette. They can cause damage or infection to the mucous membranes of the mouth.
A trivialization of nicotine consumption
Their sale is prohibited to minors, but not all tobacco shops comply with the legislation. On the Internet, it is also possible to obtain information as long as you pretend to be 18 years old. Nicotine to suck can thus be purchased. “Today, we have nicotine pearls. Tomorrow, perhaps, we will have nicotine gummy bears, which trivialize the fact of consuming nicotine and which are, however, these products highly addictive“, warns Marion Catellin, general director of Alliance contre le Tabac. Tuesday, November 14, the Minister of Health spoke out in favor of banning nicotine sachets.
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Nicopop
Bike
Tobacco Info Service
Alliance against Tobacco
Marion Catellin is general director of Alliance Against Tobacco
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