Smoking Alternative

Definition:
As the term suggests, a smoking alternative is a tobacco or non-tobacco substitute for the standard manufactured cigarette. Smoking alternative products may or may not be smoked.

Smoking alternatives that involve drawing vapor or smoke into the lungs include:

• herbal cigarettes

• clove cigarettes, also known as kreteks

• bidi cigarettes

• electronic cigarettes

Smokeless alternatives include:

• chewing tobacco

• snuff

• dissolvable tobacco

With the exception of herbal cigarettes, all of the smoking alternatives above contain tobacco and/or nicotine. They are all considered hazardous to human health.