Researchers warn new, dissolvable nicotine products could lead to accidental poisoning in children and youths

Monday, April 19, 2010 - 09:07 in Health & Medicine

A tobacco company’s new, dissolvable nicotine pellet--which is being sold as a tobacco product, but which in some cases resembles popular candies--could lead to accidental nicotine poisoning in children, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), the Northern Ohio Poison Control Center, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).read more

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