Use of New Tobacco and Nicotine Products as a Harm Reduction Strategy: A Critical Review of the Evidence

The sale, distribution, and indiscriminate use of new tobacco and nicotine products have multiplied. The most relevant products are: electronic cigarettes (ECs), heated tobacco (HT), and nicotine pouches (NPs). From the tobacco industry and its related health sectors, and even from some health institutions with no clear influence from this industry, the use of all these devices is being promoted as an excellent harm reduction strategy for those conventional tobacco smokers who do not want to or cannot quit smoking. This paper reviewed the lack of scientific evidence of this strategy.

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Open Respiratory Archives
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2025-12-25
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.opresp.2025.100534
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Smoking Behavior and Cessation
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Use of New Tobacco and Nicotine Products as a Harm Reduction Strategy: A Critical Review of the Evidence

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Use of New Tobacco and Nicotine Products as a Harm Reduction Strategy: A Critical Review of the Evidence

JI de Granda-Orive, C Villar-Laguna, JA Castillo-Vizueta, E de Higes-Martinez, F Carrion-Valero, M Garcia-Rueda, I Gorordo-Unzueta, R Sandoval-Contreras, R Mirambeaux-Villalona, MC Pacheco-Gallego, G Francisco-Corral, GA Díaz-Santos, JH Farber, S Luhning, E Pastor-Espla, MA Muñoz-Vidal, CA Jimenez-Ruiz, C Rodriguez-Garcia, A Ramos-Pinedo, C Casillas-Suarez, JA Riesco-Miranda, A Ocampo, E Cabrera-Cesar, C Rábade Castedo, M Cristobal-Fernández, P Vaquero-Lozano, B Raboso- Moreno, R Pitti-Perez, S Calvo-Pascual, D Buljubasich, L del Puerto-Garcia, J Signes-Costa, L Cañon-Barroso, L Blanquicett-Barrios
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Abstract

The sale, distribution, and indiscriminate use of new tobacco and nicotine products have multiplied. The most relevant products are: electronic cigarettes (ECs), heated tobacco (HT), and nicotine pouches (NPs). From the tobacco industry and its related health sectors, and even from some health institutions with no clear influence from this industry, the use of all these devices is being promoted as an excellent harm reduction strategy for those conventional tobacco smokers who do not want to or cannot quit smoking. This paper reviewed the lack of scientific evidence of this strategy.

Open Respiratory ArchivesVol. 8(2)
Universidad del Norte (CO), Technological University of Pereira (CO), Hospital General de México (MX), Hospital Clínico San Carlos (ES), Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe (ES), Hospital Universitario San Agustín (ES), Hospital Son Llatzer (ES), Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria (ES), Hospital Universitari Sant Joan D'Alacant (ES), Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara (ES), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia (ES), Hospital Universitario Dexeus (ES), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (ES), Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón (ES), Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES), Hospital Universitario de Getafe (ES), Centro Científico Tecnólogico - Rosario (AR), Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga (ES), Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara (ES), Hospital de Galdakao (ES), Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (CO), USP Institut Universitari Dexeus (ES), Hospital San Pedro (ES), Texas Children's Hospital (US), Hospital Universitario De Cabueñes (ES), Hero España (Spain) (ES), Hospital Privado (AR), Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria (ES), Hospital Virgen de los Lirios (ES), Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (ES), Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina (ES), Hospital Provincial de Conxo (ES), Universidad Europea de Madrid (ES)
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