E-cigarettes Lungenliga Thurgau warns against synthetic nicotine
The Lung League Thurgau warns against a synthetic nicotine substitute in e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches.
30.03.2025, 11:45
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The Lung League Thurgau warns against a synthetic nicotine substitute in e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches. The laboratory-produced "6-methyl nicotine" could potentially be more addictive than nicotine from the tobacco plant, the Lung League wrote in a press release on Sunday.
Products with "6-methyl nicotine" are often sold with the label "NoNic" or "0% nicotine", it says. This is deceptive, as they merely contain a different, synthetic form of nicotine, which can be even more problematic and addictive.
It is a new, chemical nicotine analog that is similar to the structure of natural nicotine, according to the website of the Swiss Working Group for Tobacco Prevention. It is designed in such a way that it imitates or even intensifies the psychoactive effects of nicotine.
