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Smoking Tobacco
Tobacco products intended to be burned, with the resulting smoke inhaled by the user. This category includes manufactured cigarettes, roll-your-own cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, and waterpipe tobacco. The defining characteristic is the combustion of tobacco.
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Traditional Smokeless
Tobacco-containing products used without combustion, typically by placing the product in the mouth, chewing it, or inhaling powdered tobacco through the nose.
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Heated Tobacco Products
Heated tobacco products (HTP) are electronic devices that consist of a battery and a heating element, and they use proprietary (own brand) sticks of solid tobacco. These tobacco sticks are inserted into the device before being electronically heated to release nicotine vapour that can be inhaled in a similar way to vaping.
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Nicotine Vaping Devices (E-cigarettes)
Battery-powered electronic devices that heat a nicotine-containing liquid to produce an aerosol for inhalation. The liquid typically contains nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine, and may include flavourings and other ingredients. This category includes disposable devices, closed-system devices (such as pods), and refillable vaping devices.
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Snus
Snus is an oral tobacco product that has been used for more than 300 years. Named after the Swedish word for snuff, snus is made from ground tobacco leaves that are mixed with salt and water. It may also contain food-grade tobacco smoke aroma, or other flavourings, and is placed under the upper lip either in small teabag-like sachets called portion snus or loose.
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Nicotine Pouches
Nicotine pouches are thumbnail-sized sachets containing vegetable fibres infused with nicotine and a range of flavours. Placed in the mouth between the lip and gum, nicotine is absorbed through the oral mucous membrane.
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Medicinal products designed to deliver nicotine without tobacco use, primarily to support smoking cessation and alleviate nicotine withdrawal symptoms. This category includes nicotine patches, chewing gums, lozenges, inhalators, and oral or nasal nicotine sprays.