尼古丁口含煙袋:新包裝下的上癮風險
口服尼古丁袋何時變得如此流行?
雖然各種尼古丁口含煙袋品牌在2010年代就已推出,但直到2020年才真正開始風行。在此後的幾年裡,尼古丁口含煙袋的銷量呈爆炸式增長,2019年至2022年間銷量增長 541%,其中菲利普莫里斯國際公司(PMI)的Zyn佔有最大的市場份額。19
尼古丁口含煙袋是新事物,但說謊是煙草商最早使用的舊伎倆
數十年來,煙草商的策略一直是推廣聲稱危害較小的嶄新「創新」產品,以吸引新用戶上癮。
例如,煙草業在1950年代推出香煙「濾嘴」,作為一種市營銷策略,並讓消費者相信它們可將吸煙的負面健康影響降至最低,即使煙草業明知「濾嘴」根本沒有這種功能。54 這就是大煙草的濾嘴騙局。
人們普遍認為咀嚼煙和鼻煙等無煙煙草比香煙更安全,因為不會有煙霧吸入。但根據美國癌症協會的說法,任何形式的無煙煙草都不是香煙的安全替代品。39 與煙草商重塑品牌所承諾打造的「無煙世界」相反,無煙煙草被宣傳為人們可在無法吸煙之處使用的替代品。這正是在推廣所謂的「雙重用途」或「多重用途」,也就是使用多種產品。因此,煙草商並非通過完全戒除香煙來減少危害,而是通過在不同空間中使用多種產品,最大限度地提高成癮性和利潤,因此造成更大的危害。5556
電子煙是煙草業用來吸引新世代對煙草上癮的產品,也是煙草商虛偽品牌重塑的另一部分。
總之,由於尼古丁煙袋是一種相對較新的產品,因此仍有待研究相關的短期和長期健康影響。同時,也該聽聽專家的意見:加州大學洛杉磯分校醫學教授、實踐內科醫生及煙草教育與研究監督委員會主席Michael Ong醫學博士告訴雅虎新聞:「雖然這些產品不含煙草,但尼古丁對健康有害,而且對於此類新產品的安全性評估還不夠充分。」57
「雖然這些產品不含煙草,但尼古丁對健康有害,而且對於此類新產品的安全性評估還不夠充分。」
尼古丁口含煙袋能否有助戒煙?
尼古丁口含煙袋並未獲得FDA批准用於任何用途,包括幫助大眾戒斷尼古丁。尼古丁口含煙袋與尼古丁替代療法(NRT)不同,例如尼古丁含片或口香糖,後者是FDA批准並監管的戒煙產品。59
替代療法(NRT)能幫助人們擺脫尼古丁依賴並擺脫所有煙草製品。然而,替代療法(NRT)可能不是每個人的正確選擇,而且還有不同的戒煙方法可供選擇。使用諮商並結合藥物治療可以為眾人提供永遠成功戒煙的最佳機會。60 了解更多有關戒煙選項的相關信息(英文網頁)。
克服尼古丁上癮具有挑戰性,但在適當的支持下戒煙是大有可能的。請瀏覽ASQ華語戒煙專線,以獲得為成年人提供的免費、個人化戒煙支援。請參閱我們的指南,其中包含戒煙要點和建議,還有現今青少年和年輕人戒除煙草的資源,以及如何獲得服務的綜合列表,以幫助對尼古丁上癮的年輕人。
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