As the true nature of the study is disguised from participants, the study team will post a letter to or email participants to explain the true nature and scope of the study after they have completed their 8-month follow up
Still, parents told ST that they worry about cigarette cards, which they saw as a gateway to teenage smoking
Four of the 14 ineligible providers received the majority of these payments9,100 of the 10,100 services we identified
In 2022, just eight years after they were launched as a completely new product to the market, 17.9% of men and 6% of women were using HTP.[3] Meanwhile, the number of Japanese people who smoked fell from 29.7% of men and 9.7% of women in 2016,[4] to 26.5% of men and 7.7% of women in 2022.[5] The success of HTP is unequivocal, but the relatively modest recent fall in smoking prevalence could be explained by independent and industry-sponsored studies that reveal most HTP users in Japan also smoke cigarettes.[6][7] This is important because other research has also found that HTP use allows two-thirds of these dual users to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke,[8] a fact that could have profound implications for public health in Japan
Magan and Aldred, 2006
Even products labeled as natural or additive-free contain harmful substances
