Articles about Science
‘Severe flaws’ plague study on fathers’ snus use and children’s asthma: expert
‘Severe flaws’ plague study on fathers’ snus use and children’s asthma: expert
A new study claims that men who used snus during puberty may pass on a higher risk of asthma and allergies to their children. But a prominent researcher says the study suffers from serious methodological flaws. The study, published in the International Jou...
Konstantinos Farsalinos: The scientist who won’t let politics bury the evidence
Konstantinos Farsalinos: The scientist who won’t let politics bury the evidence
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Konstantinos Farsalinos, the Greek cardiologist and nicotine researcher whose sweeping new review of nicotine pouches...
New study challenges nicotine dual use misconceptions
New study challenges nicotine dual use misconceptions
Smokers who combine cigarettes with alternative nicotine products smoke significantly less, a new study from Spain reveals, and in some cases quit completely, poking holes in misplaced fears about the dyn...
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...
New study: Swedish snus pouch innovation reduces local irritation
New study: Swedish snus pouch innovation reduces local irritation
For the first time, researchers have shown that technical innovations to snus pouches can help reduce sores and irritation in consumers’ mouths. The findings come from a recent study showing that irritation...
COP11: Why harm reduction science is a battlefield
COP11: Why harm reduction science is a battlefield
As COP11 delegates huddled behind closed doors in Geneva, a panel of researchers gathered nearby to examine the politicization of tobacco harm reduction science and its consequences for public health. Title...
Cochrane moves toward seeing nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid
Cochrane moves toward seeing nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid
The highly respected Cochrane Library has published a review looking at nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid. Despite current limitations, the study marks an important step toward giving pouches serious...
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....
Nicotine less harmful to the brain than previously thought: study
Nicotine less harmful to the brain than previously thought: study
A comprehensive new study contradicts claims about nicotine’s supposed harmful effects on the brain, revealing that nicotine use is an effect – rather than the cause – of variations in brain structure. The ...