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Heat-not-burn tobacco ‘is a health risk’<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Heat-not-burn tobacco ‘is a health risk’:- “Heat-not-burn” tobacco products are harmful to health even though they are safer than regular cigarettes, say UK experts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The advisory panel to the government said the devices produce “a number of compounds of concern”, including some that can cause cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manufacturers say their products are aimed at smokers who want the “taste of tobacco with no smoke and less smell”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The panel was concerned that young non-smokers might start using the products.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were also worries that the products could lead people to take up smoking cigarettes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Committee on Toxicity (Cot) looked at the available evidence about the risks of two heat-not-burn products that have recently gone on sale in the UK – IQOS and iFuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harmful compounds<\/span><\/p>\n

The devices heat tobacco to a high enough temperature to create a vapour but not smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are different to e-cigarettes, which vaporise a liquid containing nicotine – the highly addictive compound in tobacco smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

The committee found that people using heat-not-burn products are exposed to between 50% to 90% fewer “harmful and potentially harmful” compounds compared with conventional cigarettes.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it was unable to quantify the exact health risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof Alan Boobis, committee chairman, said: “The evidence suggests that heat-not-burn products still pose a risk to users. There is likely to be a reduction in risk for cigarette smokers who switch to heat-not-burn products but quitting entirely would be more beneficial.”<\/span><\/p>\n

There was not enough evidence for the committee to compare heat-not-burn with e-cigarettes.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the committee noted: “If people perceive e-cigarettes as safe this perception could transfer to heat-not-burn tobacco products, despite a lack of data on which to establish this.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Public Health England says there is a large amount of evidence that shows e-cigarettes are much less harmful than smoking – at least 95%.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We encourage smokers to try e-cigarettes as a way of stopping smoking. People who combine e-cigarettes with support from their local stop-smoking service have some of the highest quit success rates.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Quitting tobacco-use completely is still the healthiest option, say health experts.<\/span><\/p>\n

A spokesman for Philip Morris Limited, which makes IQOS, said: “We are encouraged by today’s statement of the UK’s Committee on Toxicity and will continue to share our scientific evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We believe that smoke-free alternatives, including heated tobacco products like IQOS and e-cigarettes, have significant potential to be less harmful than cigarettes and can play an important role for smokers and public health.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Simon Clark from the smokers’ group Forest said: “Electronic cigarettes are a step too far for many smokers so if the government wants smokers to quit there has to be a range of products that fills the gap between combustible tobacco and e-cigarettes.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Source-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-42328236<\/p>\n

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