It is sold as a powder Nicotine In bags the size of gum, they are placed in the mouth so that they dissolve and are absorbed by the body.
According to the British newspaper The Times, some brands of the product feature attractive flavors for children, such as jelly, strawberry, and vanilla, and are sold in brightly colored packages decorated with cartoon characters.
The newspaper says that these candies are not classified as tobacco products in Britain, and therefore they can be sold to children legally, especially after the campaign against teenagers smoking e-cigarettes across the country.
Some online sellers promote nicotine gummies as a “healthy alternative to vaping” and claim their products “provide a more discreet way to get a nicotine hit.”
Experts and anti-smoking groups called on the government to close this loophole that allows products to be sold to children, and warned that attempts to keep children away from nicotine by taking strict measures against… Electronic cigarettes It may fail if other sources remain available.
For comparison, one bag of nicotine candy contains 33 milligrams of this substance, compared to 8 to 20 milligrams of nicotine in one cigarette.
Alice Wiseman, head of addiction policy at the Society of Public Health Directors in Britain, told The Times:
- “Selling highly harmful and addictive nicotine tablets to children and young people is completely unacceptable.”
- “There is currently no regulation in place to stop the sale of these products to those under the age of 18, making them a target for marketing by enticing them to buy and use such a harmful product.”
- “The government should put more restrictions in place to protect children And young people, by stopping advertising nicotine tablets and other similar harmful products as something fun and suitable for someone under 18 years of age.”
- “More research needs to be done to learn more about the long-term health effects of nicotine powder use.”