Educating people who smoke and their physicians about less dangerous alternatives to tobacco smoking.
Toronto, Canada
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"Zonnic Panic" Dr. John Oyston discusses Canada's approach to nicotine pouches on GFN News.
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My main point is that " Quitting smoking would be easier if it were principally regarded as a consumer choice, not a medical procedure."
Sweden has very low smoking rates. Why? Snus! But snus is banned in EU. smokefreesweden.org/2024/01/…
UK hospital gives out free vapes to decrease amoking.
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Check out my blog post at oyston.com/blog/zonnic/ for more info about Zonnic in Canada.
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I was surprised to discover that Canada authorized sales of one brand of nicotine pouches, Zonnic, *as NRT* three weeks ago.
It's excellent news. But why is someone who follows this topic very closely (me) only finding out about it today?
health-products.canada.ca/ln…
Stephens: The lifetime risk of cancer from vaping is 0.4% of the risk from smoking
Murkett: 0.23% of the risk
Rodrigo: 0.9-1.4% that of smoking
Scungio:50,000 times less than smoking
Why are cancer orgs not telling smokers to switch?
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ZONNIC can help you quit smoking by delivering nicotine to your body, temporarily relieving cravings and nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
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ZONNIC can also be used when you need to temporarily refrain from smoking, for example, around others, in smoke-free areas.
oyston.com/blog/zonnic
ZONNIC nicotine pouches were authorized for sale by Health Canada as a nicotine replacement therapy following a two-year process in which ITCAN demonstrated the safety and the efficacy of the product. @ZonnicCanada zonnic.ca/
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The Royal College of Physicians supports the use of a range of flavours, including fruit flavours, to enable smoking cessation in adults. The use of flavours by adults trying to quit smoking is an integral part of the effectiveness of vaping as a quit aid
rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-p…
Zonnic and other brands of nicotine pouches are a new way to quit smoking. They safely provide nicotine for smokers. Properly regulated and marketed, they could save over a million lives in Canada alone.
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oyston.com/blog/zonnic/
*Of the 24 who used the nocotine pouch 4 were quit (16.6%) and a further 2 subjects had smoked less than 2 cigarettes.""the nicotine pouch was more satisfying than snus"
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"Snus and Zonnic are effective in suppressing desires to smoke"^Zonnic were superior to gum in reducing urges to smoke and caused fewer side effects"
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“Nicotine products lead to smoking, not nicotine products leading to quitting,” said Stephanie Lawrence, senior manager of communication at the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
TOTALLY WRONG! Why does she think pharmacies sell nicotine gum?
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Properly used, Zonnic could save a million lives.
oyston.com/blog/zonnic/
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LET’S MAKE THE NEXT GENERATION TOBACCO-FREE from US Surgeon General
hhs.gov/sites/default/files/…
24 pages, no mention of vaping, e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches or any safer source of nicotine. Sad.
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