Nicotine analogs are starting to show up in vaping products as tobacco companies try to dodge FDA regulation The analogs act differently than nicotine, sometimes more powerfully and other times activating different brain receptors The analysis showed that the products’ contents often don’t match the labeling THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- That vape pen might contain something even worse than nicotine, new research warns. Tobacco companies may be trying to duck federal restrictions on products by replacing nicotine with “nicotine analogs” -- related chemicals that have similar properties but unknown health effects, researchers report.
“Vaping products containing nicotine are subject to federal laws that prohibit sales to people under the age of 21,” explained researcher , a toxicologist at Duke University School of Medicine, in Durham, N.C. “Nicotine analogs are currently not subject to the FDA process and have not been studied for their health effects.
” “It’s possible manufacturers are attempting to avoid FDA tobacco regulation,” Jabba added in a Duke news release. A lab analysis of nicotine analog vapes sold in the United States also “found significant and concerning inaccuracies in the ingredients these products claim to contain and what they actually contain,” Jabba said. For example, a vaping brand called Spree Bar, which comes in at least nine flavors, is listed as containing 5% 6-methyl nicotine, researchers said.
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