health effects of tobacco use Harmful [WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Health Effects of Tobacco Use

Tobacco companies have the choice of being supplied with ready-to-use filter rods from a myriad of manufacturing companies or produce their filters in-house, taking deliveries of raw materials such as cellulose acetate (CA), polypropylene (PP) or since relatively recently - polylactic acid (PLA) tow in addition to a range of plug wraps and tipping papers

They fall in between both of the other groups

In fact, data shows that after HTPs were introduced, sales of all tobacco products continued declining rather than rising, further indicating that THS did not lead to extensive uptake among those who had not previously used tobacco- or nicotine-containing products (TNPs)

The packaging states that the smoke contains only 1 milligram of tar and 0.1 milligram of nicotine