Dissolvable Tobacco Products in CO
Warning: Candy-like Tobacco Products--
A New Threat to Colorado Youth
ORBS
- Pellets of ground tobacco resembling candy or mints
- Meant to be placed between the lip or gum or to move around freely in mouth
- Dissolves in 10 to 15 minutes
- 1 mg of nicotine per pellet*
STICKS
- Cylindrical sticks of finely milled tobacco that can be used similar to a toothpick or broken off into smaller sections
- Entire stick is dissolvable (unlike Marlboro sticks)
- 3.1 mg nicotine per stick*
STRIPS
- Flat sheets of finely milled tobacco resembling breath strips
- Meant to be placed between the lip or gum
- 0.6 mg nicotine per strip*
Note: An average cigarette yields about 1 mg of absorbed nicotine.
*Nicotine amounts listed are those reported by the tobacco industry and may be inaccurate.
Pricing Attractive to Youth
- Price can have a big impact on youth tobacco use.
- High prices can reduce teen tobacco use.
- The candy-like tobacco products are less than $3, almost $2 less than a pack of cigarettes.
- A pack of Altoids mints are $3.50
How Can You Help Stop Tobacco Industry? Contact: CLiverance@lungcolorado.org
