What is dissolvable tobacco?
Dissolvable tobacco is finely milled tobacco bound together in flavored, breath mint-sized tablets, toothpick-sized sticks, or breath strip-sized dissolvable tongue strips. Depending on the product, one piece takes between 5 and 30 minutes to dissolve. Because these dissolvable tobacco products contain tobacco, they also contain the same carcinogens found in tobacco and can increase the risk of tobacco-related oral cancers (e.g., tongue, lip, and mouth cancer). Dissolvable products generally contain between 1.5 mg and 4.0 mg of nicotine compared to the 1.0 mg found in a light cigarette. The FDA is investigating the potential of these products to produce accidental nicotine poisoning or overdose.
Dissolvable tobacco is finely milled tobacco bound together in flavored, breath mint-sized tablets, toothpick-sized sticks, or breath strip-sized dissolvable tongue strips. Depending on the product, one piece takes between 5 and 30 minutes to dissolve. Because these dissolvable tobacco products contain tobacco, they also contain the same carcinogens found in tobacco and can increase the risk of tobacco-related oral cancers (e.g., tongue, lip, and mouth cancer). Dissolvable products generally contain between 1.5 mg and 4 mg of nicotine compared to the 1 mg found in a light cigarette. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the potential of these products to produce accidental nicotine poisoning or overdose.
