On World No Tobacco Day, CHC Mont Legia hosted the clinical nurse tobacco specialist Adrien Meunier to discuss the role of next-generation nicotine products in smoking cessation. The central question is: Do these alternatives genuinely help smokers quit, or are they simply a new gateway to combustible tobacco use?

Before presenting these next-generation nicotine products, Meunier dispelled the common myth that nicotine itself is not the cause of fatal diseases. The actual harm comes from thousands of toxic substances released during combustion, which are inhaled through cigarette smoke. These include tar, which is linked to lung, bladder, and pancreatic cancers, and carbon monoxide, which is associated with cardiovascular disease. In contrast, nicotine triggers the release of endorphins

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