Publication date 12/19/2011 - 00:00 Modification date 05/26/2021 - 16:28

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVMNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment ) conducts research on the composition of tobacco products. This includes research on tobacco additives. Yearly tobacco manufacturers send their tobacco ingredient lists to RIVM.

RIVM coordinated the European project PITOC (Public Information Tobacco Control). Factsheets have been prepared on tobacco ingredients for professionals and the public. See PITOC factsheets.

31 May, World No Tobacco Day - RIVM contributions to the eighth report of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation

On World No Tobacco Day WHO calls the public´s attention to the dangers of using tobacco. Recently, WHO published the Eighth Report of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation. This report provides evidence-based recommendations for Member States about tobacco product regulation. The outcomes and recommendations address a number of issues concerning novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products, and seek to promote international coordination of regulatory efforts. RIVMNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment has contributed to three of the articles in this report. The work of the RIVM focused on the attractiveness and addictive potential of heated tobacco products (section 4), exposure to nicotine from e-cigarette use (section 7) , and methods for quantifying risks associated with use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (section 8) .

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