Level 3 - Source on Tobacco Additives

• 1. Introduction
• 2. What goes into tobacco products?
  • 2.1 What are the main tobacco products?
  • 2.2 How are they made?
  • 2.3 What is added?
• 3. How can tobacco products and their ingredients be assessed?
  • 3.1 What criteria for assessment should be used?
  • 3.2 What methods can support assessment?
  • 3.3 Are current methods adequate?
• 4. Does development of nicotine addiction depend on the dose?
  • 4.1 What happens to nicotine?
  • 4.2 How does nicotine exert its effects?
  • 4.3 What is the evidence on addictiveness of nicotine?
• 5. Do additives make tobacco more addictive?
  • 5.1 How could additives affect addictiveness of tobacco products?
  • 5.2 What does the evidence say about addictiveness of specific additives?
  • 5.3 What does the evidence say about specific additives influence on nicotine addiction?
• 6. What else can enhance addictiveness of tobacco products?
• 7. Do additivesmake tobacco more attractive?
  • 7.1 How do additives affect the attractiveness of tobacco products?
  • 7.2 What does the evidence say about specific additives?
  • 7.3 What are the current trends in tobacco use?
• 8. What further research might be needed?