Heat not burn’ or ‘heated tobacco’ products are electronic devices that,
unlike e-cigarettes, contain tobacco leaf and heat it to a high
temperature, without setting it alight.To get more news about
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This difference is important. Because the devices contain tobacco, they
come with all the long-term health concerns of tobacco. And with the
tobacco industry investing heavily in research, development and
marketing of these new products, understanding what’s in them is vital.
So how do they work? And are they safe? We caught up with Dr Ed
Stephens, a researcher at the University of St Andrews, whose work has
compared the health impact of tobacco, e-cigarettes and heat not burn
products, to find out more.Heated tobacco products work by using
electricity to heat sticks of tobacco, producing a vapour that’s
inhaled. The vapour contains nicotine, chemicals and other tobacco
particles that are also found in traditional tobacco smoke.
“I don’t like the term heat not burn,” says Stephens. “The word ‘burn’
has two meanings. The first is to light something so that it catches
fire and continues to combust until the fuel runs out, like a candle or a
cigarette. The second is to heat something until it chars around the
edges – like when you leave a cake in the oven for too long and it
chars. Switch the oven off and the charring stops. Heat not burn
products don’t burn like a cigarette, but the tobacco is ‘cooked’ and
may even char. So it would be better called heat not combust.”
The devices heat tobacco to 350C (662F), far lower than traditional
cigarettes that burn at temperatures up to 900C (1,652F), but still high
enough for harmful chemicals to be released into the vapour.
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