Questions and Answers on UNSMOKE

WHAT DOES UNSMOKE MEAN?

To unsmoke is to rid smoke from your life. It unites smokers and nonsmokers alike who want to ‘unsmoke’ themselves, family and friends. The best way is to quit cigarettes and nicotine altogether, but the next best way is to change to better alternatives.

WHAT ARE ALTERNATIVES TO CONTINUED CIGARETTE SMOKING?

There are many smoke-free alternatives, for example, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products and snus.

E-cigarettes heat liquids (that usually contain nicotine) instead of tobacco to create a vapor that is inhaled.

Heated tobacco devices heat tobacco to a temperature well below its burning point, releasing a nicotine vapor (and tobacco-like flavors) that is inhaled.

Snus is a smokeless tobacco product made from ground-up tobacco usually enclosed in a small pouch. It is placed between the gum and the lip.

ARE SMOKE-FREE ALTERNATIVES A BETTER CHOICE TO CONTINUED SMOKING?

Cigarettes burn tobacco and produce smoke, which contains more than 6,000 chemicals, around 100 of which have been linked to smoking-related diseases.

Because smoke-free products don’t burn, they don’t create smoke—and therefore their aerosols should contain much lower levels of the harmful and potentially harmful chemicals found in cigarette smoke.

Of course, it is a matter of scientific assessment of each particular product to see if this is actually the case. Smoke-free alternatives are only for adult smokers who would otherwise continue smoking.

They are not risk-free and contain nicotine which is addictive. The best choice any smoker can make is to quit cigarettes and nicotine altogether.

ARE SMOKE-FREE ALTERNATIVES REGULATED?

Increasingly, public health bodies are acknowledging the potential of smoke-free products for public health. However, in many countries, the regulations make it difficult for smokers to have access to and information about them. Quitting is always best; but those who don’t quit should have the choice of products that have been scientifically assessed.

HOW TO CHOOSE A SMOKE-FREE ALTERNATIVE?

The best thing is to quit altogether. Those who don’t quit should have access to and information about products that are better alternatives to continued smoking. These products should be backed by science and be satisfying so smokers don’t go back to cigarettes.

Currently, regulations often prevent adult smokers from learning about these products and, in some countries, smoking alternatives are not even available because of regulations.

WHY HAS PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHED UNSMOKE YOUR WORLD?

Unsmoke is an initiative from Philip Morris International (PMI) to speed up a dramatic positive change in public health. It aims to reinforce the message to smokers that the best choice they can make is to quit cigarettes and nicotine altogether. But it recognizes that many won’t and believes these people should have the opportunity to switch to better alternatives than cigarettes, especially since these do actually exist. Smoke-free alternatives are not available everywhere and even when they are, awareness may be low or the information people have about them may be incorrect. We want the world to know: there can be a smoke-free future for families, their communities, and our collective futures.

All these questions and answers are originally published here:

https://www.unsmokeyourworld.com/ways-to-unsmoke/#question-answers