Cigarette substitute on hold
Separate to vaping products such as nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products use aerosols containing nicotine and other chemicals, heating tobacco by battery-powered systems to create a flavoured vapour containing nicotine which is inhaled by the user.To get more news about
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In November last year, global tobacco giant Philip Morris International sought approval from the Australian Government to sell these products as cigarette substitutes, lodging an application to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) endorsing its smoke-free, nicotine-based product as a safer alternative to the toxic chemicals found in cigarettes.
The TGA’s interim decision to block the heat-not-burn products follows call from a number of healthcare organisations to protect public health, including the RACGP, the Lung Foundation, and the Australian Council on Smoking and Health.
As part of the RACGP’s high-profile stance against Philip Morris’ proposal, its February submission to the TGA openly opposed the approval of heat-not-burn tobacco products in Australia.
‘The RACGP strongly recommends that the TGA does not approve the proposed amendment and adopts a protective and precautionary approach to heat-not-burn-products’ the submission states.
The college likened heat-not-burn tobacco products to e-cigarettes, which it has cautiously suggested only be considered as a second-line intervention in limited circumstances, reiterating it does not endorse vaping.
The introduction of heat-not-burn products as a ‘safer alternative’ to smoking tobacco, or a potential cessation aid, is likely to follow a ‘similar trajectory’ to e-cigarettes and raise many of the same concerns, according to the RACGP submission.
As with nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, the college stresses that the long-term risks of heat-not-burn tobacco products have not been established, and more research is needed to certify their safety. The evidence that heat-not-burn products pose lower risk than other cigarette substitutes is also lacking.
