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Niche Tobacco

Niche Tobacco. Steven Brimble Trading Standards Service. What is Niche Tobacco?. Smokeless tobacco products Have been in existence for thousands of years among populations in South America and Southeast Asia. Cultural and social use.

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Niche Tobacco

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  1. Niche Tobacco Steven Brimble Trading Standards Service

  2. What is Niche Tobacco? • Smokeless tobacco products • Have been in existence for thousands of years among populations in South America and Southeast Asia. Cultural and social use. • Consumed without burning the product. Can be used orally or nasally.

  3. What is Niche Tobacco? • Oral smokeless tobacco products are placed in the mouth, cheek or lip and sucked or chewed. • Generally contain a mixture of tobacco, areca nut (often referred to as betel nut), spices and flavourings.

  4. Pan Masala

  5. Gutkha

  6. Khaini

  7. Zarda

  8. Snus

  9. What is Niche Tobacco? • Nasal smokeless tobacco products. Fine tobacco powder mixtures, inhaled and absorbed in the nasal passages.

  10. What is niche tobacco? • Smoked tobacco products. • Shisha, also known as hookah or water pipe. • Have been used for over 300 years. It has been claimed that more than 100 million people worldwide smoke shisha daily. It is a common practice in the Middle East, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and some parts of China.

  11. Shisha

  12. What is niche tobacco? • Beedi or bidi cigarettes. Small hand rolled cigarettes. Often secured with a thread at one end.

  13. Beedi

  14. The dangers of niche tobacco • Users think that they are less hazardous than smoking cigarettes. • These products contain tobacco. • Users and sellers not aware they contain tobacco. • Just like smoking ordinary cigarettes, they are addictive and present serious health risks – lesions, mouth cancer.

  15. Dangers • One pinch of chewing tobacco held in the mouth for 30 minutes delivers as much nicotine as 3-4 cigarettes. • 30 minutes of smoking a shisha is the equivalent of smoking around 100 filter cigarettes. • Beedis are 2-3 times stronger than UK cigarettes.

  16. Dangers

  17. Dangers

  18. Dangers

  19. Dangers • Given to children. • Products in bright packaging – appealing to children.

  20. Dangers • No duty paid – smuggled into UK. • Cheap compared to cigarettes - attractive to users and encourages consumption.

  21. What controls are in place? • Certain types illegal and can’t be sold at all – tobacco for oral use in powder or particle form (unless the product is to be smoked or chewed) e.g. snus. • Others can be sold provided certain rules are followed.

  22. What controls are in place? • Can only be sold to people aged 18 and over. • Retailers need to display the A3 notice in a prominent place stating:

  23. What controls are in place? • Marked with the required health warnings. For smoking tobacco such as shisha and beedis: or Plus picture warnings

  24. What controls are in place? • For smokeless tobacco, such as chewing tobacco and snuff:

  25. What controls are in place? • All tobacco products are liable to excise duty. In addition, beedis must be labelled with:

  26. Sanctions • Anyone selling niche tobacco products must ensure these requirements are met: • Only sell to 18s and over • Age notice displayed • Correctly labelled • Tax has been paid • Products could be seized and sellers could face prosecution.

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