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. 2022 Jul 15;24(7):e37071. doi: 10.2196/37071

Table 1.

Topics and subtopics of Reddit posts on oral nicotine pouches.

Topics and subtopics Description
Sharing product information and user experience

Products Posts where users were sharing about specific oral nicotine pouch products.

User experiences Posts where users were sharing the experience of how they were using oral nicotine pouches and how they felt about them when they were using the products.

Opinions Posts where users were sharing subjective points of view about the products.

Information Posts where users were sharing information that they obtained elsewhere.

Others Posts about other things like sharing homemade oral nicotine product recipes.
Asking oral nicotine pouch–related questions

Characteristics of oral nicotine pouches Posts about the properties of oral nicotine pouches such as nicotine strength, flavors, and packaging.

Product recommendation Posts that were asking for recommendations of oral nicotine pouch products.

Order or purchase information Posts asking for information about the online and offline purchase of oral nicotine pouches.

Others Posts asking uncommon questions, like asking for opinions about the future of the oral nicotine pouch market. 
Quitting nicotine products

Using oral nicotine pouches to quit vaping Posts by users who were discussing intentions to use, attempts to use, or successful use of certain oral nicotine pouch products to quit vaping

Using oral nicotine pouches to quit smoking Posts by users who were discussing intentions to use, attempts to use, or successful use of certain oral nicotine pouch products to quit smoking

Quitting oral nicotine pouches Users of the posts intended to, were attempting to, or have successfully quit oral nicotine pouches

Others Posts that shared experience using oral nicotine pouches to quit other nicotine-related products like tobacco and nicotine itself
Discussing oral nicotine pouch–related health

Health symptoms Posts discussing having negative health symptoms after the consumption of oral nicotine pouches, like gum bleeding and sickness

Health concerns Posts that expressed health concerns with oral nicotine pouches. Users of those posts expressed worries about the potential side effects of oral nicotine pouches, including the symptoms above and addiction to nicotine.
Legality and permissions Posts that were discussing the regulatory policies and legal issues related to oral nicotine pouches