VLN Cigarette

VLNCs

it has been suggested these pose all the risk, while offering none of the benefits

Studies

Very-Low Nicotine Cigarettes and Non-Daily Smokers https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02228824

Effects of 6-Week Use of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Smokers With Serious Mental Illness

• "These results suggest that a reduced-nicotine standard for cigarettes would reduce smoking among smokers with SMI. However, the lack of effect on total nicotine exposure indicates VLNC noncompliance, suggesting that smokers with SMI may respond to a reduced-nicotine standard by substituting alternative forms of nicotine."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743520302516

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315653995_Estimating_Demand_and_Cross-Price_Elasticity_for_Very_Low_Nicotine_Content_VLNC_Cigarettes_Using_a_Simulated_Demand_Task

• Introduction: Very Low Nicotine Content (VLNC) cigarettes might be useful as part of a tobacco control strategy, but relatively little is known about their acceptability as substitutes for regular cigarettes.

Discussion links BLOGs etc

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