New Tobacco Products Present New Risks

Learn how different forms of tobacco could impact you and your family

It can be hard to keep up with the new and changing forms of tobacco.

Explore the resources below for current information about various tobacco products, what’s in them, how they’re used, and how they affect health.

Cigarettes

What’s in them may surprise you

When you smoke cigarettes, you inhale chemicals that can take years off your life.

Get the latest facts

Vaping / E-cigarettes

Not just “harmless water vapor”

Are these devices really safer — or just sneaky?

Learn more about tobacco's latest products

Chew tobacco

Not a safe alternative to smoking

Get the facts about chew, spit and dip tobacco.

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Hookah

Social, but not safer

Why this trend could be “the second global tobacco epidemic since the cigarette.”

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Alternative products

Different tobacco products, similar risks

Information about cigars, herbal cigarettes, dissolvables and more.

What you need to know