Articles tagged with Gateway myth
Arielle Selya: The scientist who challenged the gateway theory
Arielle Selya: The scientist who challenged the gateway theory
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Arielle Selya, the American scientist who set out to investigate whether vaping leads young people to smoking – only to find the data pointing in another direction. Arielle Selya ...
New Nordic data blows up nicotine ‘gateway myth’
New Nordic data blows up nicotine ‘gateway myth’
A fresh Nordic Council report has delivered compelling new population-level evidence showing that snus and nicotine pouches are not a gateway into smoking – they are a gateway out. The data comes from the r...
Most pouch consumers are former smokers, US study shows
Most pouch consumers are former smokers, US study shows
Nicotine pouches are more likely to serve as a tool for tobacco harm reduction and don’t appear to be the gateway into nicotine use that many fear, new research on pouch consumers from the United States shows....
New study dispels nicotine gateway myth
New study dispels nicotine gateway myth
Smoking among US high schoolers has “basically disappeared” despite a recent surge in vaping, proving that fears about safer alternatives acting as a nicotine gateway to cigarettes among young people are overb...
Three myths about nicotine pouches: what science says
Three myths about nicotine pouches: what science says
The debate around nicotine pouches is heating up in both in the US and the EU, making it difficult to discern fact from fiction. Here are three common myths about snus and nicotine pouches along with details ...