using nicotine replacement is just as dangerous as using tobacco. Patch: Effectiveness, Dosages, and Side Effects Say No to Smoke –

Nat Med 5 , 1517 (1999)

Cigarettes, electronic smoking devices such as vapes, e-cigarettes and tanks, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, sus, dissolvable nicotine products, filters, rolling papers, pipes, blunts or hemp wraps, liquids used in electronic smoking devices whether they contain nicotine or not and vapor products: any component, part or additive that is intended for use in an electronic smoking device, a mechanical heating element, battery or electronic circuit and would be used to deliver the product are covered under the new law

Each filter is intended for use with 4 to 6 cigarettes

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