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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser. 2023 Aug 23;1047:35–60.

Table 3:

Overview of Tobacco Control Laws’ Applicability to Synthetic Nicotine (SN) Products

Category Number of Jurisdictions Characteristics
Laws That Do Not Cover SN Products 92 “Tobacco products” defined as products containing elements made from tobacco plant.
Laws that Clearly Cover Only Certain SN Products 52 E-cigarettes (or other specific product types) defined to include nicotine derived from any source, but “tobacco product” definition otherwise limited to products made from tobacco plant.
Laws that Cover SN Products More Broadly 29 “Tobacco products” defined to explicitly include synthetic nicotine or to encompass nicotine derived from any source.
Laws for which coverage of SN Products was unclear 17 Product definitions reference tobacco plant or smoke without expressly requiring that the products be made or derived from tobacco.
Laws that Were Unavailable 21
Total in Sample 211