(WYTV) - Ask any adult who smokes and chances are, he or she will tell you, "Yeah, I'd really like to quit." There are ways to do that, but a popular product might not be as helpful as many smokers think.

It's said you can kick heroin easier than you can kick nicotine. How about those oral products containing nicotine, flavorings, artificial sweeteners and other chemicals as an alternative to smoking?

The Center for Tobacco Research at Ohio State found the pouches failed to curb cravings.

"Cigarettes usually spike your nicotine after about five minutes of smoking. Nicotine pouches, it's a much more gradual process, like other smokeless tobacco products, where it takes 30 to 60 minutes to reach your peak," Dr. Brittney Keller-Hamilton said.

Smokers who go for an oral pouch may just incr

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