tobacco harm reduction caucus in Action w/ Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) The Illusion of Safety: Unmasking

Bioavailability of nicotine from ST products is dependent on the pH of the product, since unprotonated nicotine (in more alkaline products) is absorbed more efficiently and more rapidly across the mucous membranes of the mouth than protonated forms of the drug from more acidic products

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Once the substance is eliminated from the body, nicotine withdrawal symptoms start

But the tobacco companies appealed

They had fun working together, he said, except perhaps for the time when the King of Pop brought his pet boa constrictor, Muscles, into the studio and it wrapped itself around Jones's leg