The Harm Reduction Ladder Health professionals increasingly view the nicotine product landscape as a harm reduction continuum: Cigarettes highest risk (combustion + tar + carbon monoxide + carcinogens) Dip/chewing tobacco high risk (carcinogens + oral tissue damage) Snus (Swedish, pasteurized) moderate risk (some TSNAs, but lower) Nicotine pouches (Zyn) lower risk (no tobacco, no carcinogens) Nicotine-free pouches (Nectr) lowest risk (no nicotine, no tobacco, no carcinogens) Each step down the ladder reduces harm
Chantix Generic name: varenicline [ ver-EN-e-kleen ] Drug classes: Cholinergic agonists, Smoking cessation agents The Chantix brand name has been discontinued in the U.S
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