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“No evidence that heated tobacco products are safer than cigarettes”
The tobacco industry markets heated tobacco products as “reduced risk” compared to cigarettes, but the evidence tells a different story.
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Heat not burn
Heat-not-burn, also known as HTP, is a tobacco product that creates a vapor or aerosol that the user inhales. The nicotine in HTP products comes from tobacco. Heat-not-burn originated in Japan and has been around since the 1980s. Like other nicotine-containing products, HTP is addictive.
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