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ArticleToxics2022

Flavor Classification/Categorization and Differential Toxicity of Oral Nicotine Pouches (ONPs) in Oral Gingival Epithelial Cells and Bronchial Epithelial Cells.

Sadiya Bi Shaikh, Wai Cheung Tung, Cortney Pang, Joseph Lucas, Dongmei Li, Irfan Rahman

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Article in Toxics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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  4. Effects of Sweeteners and Cinnamon Flavor on Oral Nicotine Choice Behaviors.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  5. Comparison of Nicotine and Selected Flavoring Contents Between Tobacco-Free and Tobacco-Containing Oral Pouches.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  9. The Potential Impact of Oral Nicotine Pouches on Public Health: A Scoping Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  19. Classification, Perception, and Toxicity of Emerging Flavored Oral Nicotine Pouches.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
    Review
  20. Emerging Oral Nicotine Products and Periodontal Diseases.International journal of dentistry · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sadiya Bi ShaikhDepartment of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Wai Cheung TungDepartment of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Cortney PangDepartment of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7698-8164
Joseph LucasDepartment of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Dongmei LiDepartment of Clinical and Translational Science Institute, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9140-2483
Irfan RahmanDepartment of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2274-2454
University of Rochester Medical Center · USUniversity of Rochester · US

Funding

WNY Center for Research on Flavored Tobacco Products (CRoFT)U54CA228110 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI LI, DONGMEI · 2018 to 2022
$19.8M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA228110the Center for Research on Flavored Tobacco (CRoFT) NIH U54CA228110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) are a modern form of smokeless tobacco products sold by several brands in the U.S., which comprise a significant portion of non-combustible nicotine-containing product (NCNP) sales to date. ONPs are available in various flavors and may contain either tobacco-derived nicotine (TDN) or tobacco-free nicotine (TFN). The growth in popularity of these products has raised concerns that flavored ONPs may cause adverse oral health effects and promote systemic toxic effects due to nicotine and other ONP by-products being absorbed into the circulatory system through oral mucosa. We hypothesized that flavored ONPs are unsafe and likely to cause oral and pulmonary inflammation in oral and respiratory epithelial cells. Before analyzing the effects of ONPs, we first classified ONPs sold in the U.S. based on their flavor and the flavor category to which they belonged using a wheel diagram.

Indexed as

cytotoxicityinflammationoral nicotine pouchesperiodontal problemspulmonary health

Identifiers

PMID36355951
PMCPMC9696007
OpenAlexW4308119373

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