Swiss Report Compares IQOS Health Risks With Conventional Cigarettes

An independent study by a Swiss research institution compared IQOS with conventional cigarettes, and the results showed that harmful substances in the tobacco aerosol inhaled from IQOS were dramatically reduced.

As for the health risks of IQOS, we have published many testing articles online in which we tried to identify shortcomings in IQOS and address them reasonably. But clearly, as Philip Morris has claimed, IQOS does reduce harm by 80% to 95%. However, IQOS is not completely risk-free. This discussion is only about the significant differences compared with smoking.

According to the Swiss study, there is clear evidence that when switching to IQOS, the amount of “junk” (harmful substances), especially carcinogenic tar, drops significantly. Various substances are listed in detail in the table below.

Comparison of harmful substances in IQOS and standard cigarettes
 

Study authors

Dr. Reto Auer,

BIHAM, Institute of Primary Health Care, University of Bern

Dr. Nicolas Concha-Lozano; Aurélie Berthet,

Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne University, Geneva, Lausanne

Reto Auer, MD, MAS; Isabelle Jacot-Sadowski, MD; Jacques Cornuz, MD, University of Lausanne

Note: These data were translated from a Swiss article.