‘Oral Nicotine Products Better Than Smoking Tobacco’- Experts
By Our Reporter
Economists
and leading international Tobacco Harm Reduction experts, drawn from Africa and
Europe, have stated that snus and tobacco-free nicotine pouches are ‘at least
90% safer than smoking cigaretted.’
“This figure
is “most likely closer to 99 per cent when you account for the food grade
standard to which some of the latest products are produced,” said Mr. Atakan
Befrits, a Sweden-based Tobacco Harm Reduction policy advocacy and products
regulation expert.
Mr. Befrits, who is also the Chairman of the board of Trustees for New Nicotine Alliance Sweden and COO of International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO), was one of the guest speakers at a webinar co-hosted by the Campaign for Safer Alternatives (CASA) and the Africa Tobacco Harm Reduction ...