Nicotine Pouch Patterns of Use in a 10-Week Prospective Study
Lindsay Reese, Elliott H McDowell, Brian Erkkila, Tryggve Ljung

TL;DR
This study shows that nicotine pouches may help users reduce or stop using more harmful tobacco and nicotine products like cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
Contribution
The study provides new descriptive data on nicotine pouch use patterns and their impact on the use of other tobacco products.
Findings
The proportion of participants using nicotine pouches and cigarettes weekly decreased from 15.9% to 8.1% over 10 weeks.
Nearly half of participants who used nicotine pouches and cigarettes stopped smoking by week 10.
Exclusive use of nicotine pouches increased among users of other tobacco products by the end of the study.
Abstract
Background: Nicotine pouch (NP) product use has increased in the US, but limited data are available on how NPs are used and if they affect the use of other tobacco and/or nicotine products (TNPs), specifically transition away from more harmful TNPs such as cigarettes. Methods: This prospective, observational study gathered information on daily use patterns of combustible and non-combustible TNPs (cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah, e-cigarettes, oral smokeless tobacco (ST)) and reasons for use among current adult NP users (n=346, ≥18 years old during the 2017-2018 study period) recruited with canister stickers in the 11 states where ZYN™ (NP-Z) was first sold. All analyses performed were descriptive in nature; values are provided as percentages with 95% confidence intervals, means with standard deviations, or medians with ranges, as appropriate. Results: The proportion of…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSmoking Behavior and Cessation · Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study · Medication Adherence and Compliance
