Assessing the gastrointestinal and psychological impacts of nicotine pouch use among adults in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
47.9% of ONPs users reported nausea.
“47.9% of ONPs users reported nausea”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
46.5% of ONPs users reported stomach pain.
“46.5% of ONPs users reported stomach pain”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
Among ONP users, 39.3% reported some psychological impact of ONPs (19.9% mild, 10.2% moderate, 6% severe, and 3.1% very severe).
“39.3% of ONPs users reported some psychological impact of ONPs (19.9% of ONP users reported mild psychological impact, 10.2% moderate psychological impact, 6% severe psychological impact and 3.1% very severe psychological impact of ONPs) (Al-Nafisi et al. 2025)”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
Among ONP users, gastrointestinal symptoms include bloating (66.7%), nausea (47.9%), heartburn (46.7%), stomach pain (46.5%), constipation (45.3%), and diarrhea (36.6%).
“gastrointestinal symptoms among ONP users, including bloating (66.7% of respondents), nausea (47.9% of respondents), heartburn (46.7% of respondents), stomach pain (46.5% of respondents), constipation (45.3% of respondents) and diarrhea (36.6% of respondents) (Al-Nafisi et al. 2025).”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
66.7% of ONPs users reported bloating.
“66.7% of ONPs users reported bloating (Al-Nafisi et al. 2025)”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
36.6% of ONPs users reported diarrhea.
“36.6% of ONPs users reported diarrhea”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
45.3% of ONPs users reported constipation.
“45.3% of ONPs users reported constipation”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
46.7% of ONPs users reported heartburn.
“46.7% of ONPs users reported heartburn”
From Comparison of the Health Effects Associated with the Use of Snus and Tobacco-Free Oral Nicotine Pouches: A Systematic Review (2026) · cites this paper as Al-Nafisi et al. 2025
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Cites
No references could be resolved yet.
Research works printed but not linked: 11
- [1]Mahyoub MA, Al-Qurmoti S, Rai AA, et al. Adverse physiological effects of smoking cessation on the gastrointestinal tract: A review. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023; 102(38): e35124. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000035124 37747027 PMC10519547 · DOI
- [2]Sushanthi S, Doraikannan S, Indiran MA. Assessment of anxiety, depression and nicotine dependence among construction workers in Chennai - A cross sectional study. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res. 2022; 12(2): 263- 267. doi: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2022.03.004 35321414 PMC8935505 · DOI
- [3]Stanfill S, Tran H, Tyx R, et al. Characterization of Total and Unprotonated (Free) Nicotine Content of Nicotine Pouch Products. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021; 23(9): 1590- 1596. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab030 34233354 · DOI
- [4]Dowd AN, Thrul J, Czaplicki L, Kennedy RD, Moran MB, Spindle TR. A cross-sectional survey on oral nicotine pouches: characterizing use-motives, topography, dependence levels, and adverse events. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024; 26(2): 245- 249. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad179 37712111 PMC10803111 · DOI
- [5]Awan T, Awan T, Khalid F, Awan I. Perception, beliefs and health effects of nicotine pouches. Khyber Medical University journal. 2024; 16(2): 177- 178. doi: 10.35845/kmuj.2024.23552 · DOI
- [6]Farooqi W, Hussamuldin A, Alabdullah A, et al. Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) among electronic cigarette-smoking university students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Cureus. 2024; 16(12): e74999. doi: 10.7759/cureus.74999 39749097 PMC11693786 · DOI
- [7]Debnath M, Debnath D, Singh P, Wert Y, Nookala V. Effect of electronic cigarettes on the gastrointestinal system. Cureus. 2022; 14(7): e27210. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27210 35903484 PMC9322142 · DOI
- [8]Aldhahir AM, Siraj RA, Alqarni AA, et al. The prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of tobacco and nicotine use among students in healthcare disciplines in Saudi Arabian universities: a cross-sectional survey. Front Public Health. 2024; 12: 1348370. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1348370 38515594 PMC10954892 · DOI
- [9]Albarrak DA, Alotaibi AB, Alotaibi RF, et al. The association between nicotine dependence and mental health in the general population of Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional analytical study. Int J Gen Med. 2023; 16: 5801- 5815. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S429609 38106979 PMC10723076 · DOI
- [10]Rungraungrayabkul D, Gaewkhiew P, Vichayanrat T, Shrestha B, Buajeeb W. What is the impact of nicotine pouches on oral health: a systematic review. BMC Oral Health. 2024; 24(1): 889. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-04598-8 39097712 PMC11297755 · DOI · Paper page
- [11]Alizadehgharib S, Lehrkinder A, Alshabeeb A, Östberg AK, Lingström P. The effect of a non-tobacco-based nicotine pouch on mucosal lesions caused by Swedish smokeless tobacco (snus). Eur J Oral Sci. 2022; 130(4): e12885. doi: 10.1111/eos.12885 35853092 PMC9540014 · DOI
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Kopa-Stojak, P. N., & Pawliczak, R. (2026) · Exposure and Health · doi:10.1007/s12403-026-00812-w
- Authors
- AlNafisi, A. M., Alsulami, Z. B., AlsulamI, M. B., Alhazmi, A. K., ALKHRASHI, B. A., Alzakari, M. A., ALSHUTWI, A. S., Bokhari, K. Y., Alzkari, F., & Al-Ahmari, O. T.
- Venue
- Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
- Publisher
- European Publishing
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- August
- Pages
- 1-9
- ISSN
- 2459-3087
- PMC
- PMC12359081
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 0
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
