When you think of tobacco, you probably think of cigarette smoking. While cigarettes are the most popular form of tobacco, there are more products available than ever before to keep people addicted to nicotine and tobacco companies in big business. Many items look so different from traditional tobacco products that you may have seen people using them and not realized what they were.
Click the links below to learn more about each product.
Combustible or Burned Tobacco:
You probably know about…
• Cigarettes
• Cigars
• Pipe tobacco
You may not have heard of…
• Cigarillos/Little Cigars/Brown Cigarettes
• Bidis
• Cloves/Kreteks
• Hookah
Smokeless or Spit Tobacco:
You probably know about…
• Chewing tobacco (plug, loose leaf, or twists)
• Moist snuff
• Dry snuff
You may not have heard of…
• Snus
• Dissolvable tobacco
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
You probably know about…
• Electronic cigarettes
You may not have heard of…
• Vape pens/hookah pens
To learn more about these products, check out this presentation from Smoke Free Indy.
All forms of tobacco have health risks—even those marketed to be safer than cigarettes. It is ALWAYS healthier to quit. If you or someone you know is thinking of quitting, congratulations! For help quitting, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or visit www.equitnow.com.
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