Heated tobacco products, also known as heat not burn products, have been marketed as a new way to use real tobacco without the smoke and many of the harmful chemicals found in conventional cigarettes
Research cited by the National Cancer Institute found that men who smoked one or two cigars a day showed minimal mortality increases compared to nonsmokers, with studies indicating these differences were not statistically significant
Similarly, requirements for the tax stamp on tobacco products would not be affected
Although this does not cause cell death, it does result in the leakage of mitochondrial contents, including mitochondrial DNA and electrolytes, into the cytoplasm
Section 201 of the Tobacco Control Act amends section 4 of the FCLAA to require that nine new health warning statements appear on cigarette packages and in cigarette advertisements and directs FDA to issue regulations that require color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking to accompany the nine new health warning statements