science

New research shows menthol extends nicotine's effects on body temperature in rats for at least two hours. The finding adds to the debate over menthol's role in nicotine products.

science

Sweden's leading medical university warns that nicotine pouches — marketed as tobacco-free — deliver high doses of the 'toxic and highly addictive' substance, while research on long-term health effects remains limited.

science

A review in Nature Reviews Cardiology maps a hierarchy of vascular harm across every nicotine product. Nicotine pouches sit at the bottom — least harmful among nicotine products — but impair endothelial function, raise oxidative stress and arterial stiffness, and have no long-term outcome data.

regulation

The Pacific nation of Palau has formally requested a WHO critical review of nicotine under the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances — a process that could lead to an international vote by 2028.