Different Tobacco Products, Similar Risks
What you need to know about cigars, herbal cigarettes, dissolvables and more
A variety of tobacco products exist that deliver nicotine like cigarettes but come in various forms and flavorings. These alternative products include:
- Cigars – rolled tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco and often flavored. Includes little cigars, cigarillos and cheroots.1
- Herbal cigarettes — cigarettes marketed as “herbal” or “all natural,” usually containing herbs, flavoring and little to no tobacco.1
- Clove cigarettes —cigarettes made by mixing tobacco, cloves and other additives, often imported from Indonesia. Also known as kreteks.2
- Bidis — small, thin, hand-rolled cigarettes imported from Asia. They are often flavored and secured with a colorful string at one or both ends.2
- Dissolvables — flavored tobacco products sold as lozenges, orbs, strips, toothpick-sized sticks, breath mints or gum. These products are held in the mouth, chewed, or sucked until they dissolve and the juices are swallowed.3
- Heat-not-burn tobacco products — products that heat tobacco, releasing nicotine and other chemicals. Devices in this category — including IQOS, TEEPS and glo — are sold overseas but are not available in the United States pending review by the Food and Drug Administration.4