According to the poll, 79% of smokers want to get rid of this habit. And it’s almost a quarter of the adult population of Russia. Tobacco companies are unable to leave an audience with no attention, and appeared on the market less harmful “alternatives” to tobacco: electronic cigarettes, VAPI and heating tobacco.
If the first two are more or less clear, the latter device even is called odd. Why heat the tobacco, how is this system different from conventional cigarettes, and whether it will help to quit Smoking? Let’s deal.
What is it?
Heating tobacco look like a short cigarette in a plastic box. In these cigarettes (also called sticks) contains tobacco impregnated with propylene glycol – the liquid to dissolve the nicotine. Using battery stick while Smoking is heated to a temperature of 350 °C. Conventional cigarette is heated up to 600 °C, so here in the sticks there is no burning. But form pairs – the person breathes it and gets a dose of nicotine.
Manufacturers say that by heating tobacco emits less harmful substances than combustion. And that system will help people to quit regular cigarettes and less harm to health. And in the future – not get rid of the nicotine thrust. In addition, with this Smoking is no ash and tobacco smell not so strong.
And that they really help quit Smoking?
Scientists fear that the heating of tobacco will repeat the fate of wapow. They were also created to help in the fight against Smoking, but everything happened Vice versa: “to soar” has become fashionable even among non-smokers. In addition, some companies producing systems are actively advertising the company.
But the damage at least less?
However innovative this system may be, it is still a system for Smoking. But truly harmless cigarettes. Even without combustion are allocated carcinogens – so say the experts from the University of Bern. And nicotine in it is not so small: only 16% less than in regular cigarettes. And some other more harmful substances. Scientists from the University of California said that, due to the heating of the polymer in the filter unit is slightly melted. Because of that, there is formaldehyde cyanhydrin – toxic to the liver substance.
Turns out, they hurt no less?
So far, scientists do not fully confirmed, nor denied. We need large-scale studies, but it is expensive and long, and heating tobacco appeared only in 2014. Most likely, the whole truth, we learn only in five years.
How am I supposed to do?
Nothing original, we will not advise — it is better not to start Smoking. And if you already smoke, throw without any “helpers”: no evidence of the efficacy of all these devices is not present.