How NicScout works

What the site publishes

For each of six brands: who makes it, what the maker publishes about it on its own website or in its own press releases, and what the retailer nicopodstore.com lists (variants, strength as listed, format and pouches per can). Every page ends with its sources and the date they were read.

What the site doesn't do

• No testing. Nobody has used these products on a documented basis for this site, so it makes no claim about taste, comfort, strength accuracy or longevity.
• No scores or ranking. Earlier versions of the site carried scores and a ranking, including statements about testing periods and scoring criteria. Those had no data behind them and were removed. The brands are now listed alphabetically.
• No popularity ranking. We have found no representative, published data on how many people use each of the six brands here, overall or in any one country. Retailer bestseller labels, search interest and social media mentions measure sales on one shop or attention, not use across a population, so they aren't a basis for a ranking either. The site doesn't say which brand is most popular.
• No prices. Prices change, and the figure shown on the retailer for some brands is a multi-pack rate, so a comparison on it would mislead.
• No health claims. Nothing here is medical advice, and nothing here says any product is safer than another or helps anyone stop smoking.

Where the facts come from

In order of preference: the maker's own website or press release, then the retailer listing. A company statement is reported as the company's statement, not as an independent finding. Where a maker's site could not be loaded with product details, the page says so.

Where sources disagree, the page shows both and doesn't pick one. Cuba Ninja is an example. The retailer once listed about 10 mg/g against the maker's 30 mg/g, and no strength was printed until the two matched (the retailer now lists 30 mg/g). The pouch count still differs: the maker's page says 25 pouches per can and the retailer lists 20, and the brand page says so.

Strengths come in two units, mg/g and mg per pouch, and they are not directly comparable. The homepage explains how the two relate. This site converts between them only when a source states the pouch weight, and says so when it does.

The retailer relationship

nicopodstore.com, where the products on this site are listed, is run by the same publisher as NicScout. Links to it are our own store links. The links are there so you can see the products, and the pages don't change depending on what is stocked or sold. No brand pays for a page or a position.

Corrections

Pages are re-read when a source changes or an error is found, and the "Last updated" date changes when they are. Nicotine is an addictive chemical, these products are for adults of legal age who already use nicotine, and the footer disclaimer applies to every page. See the about page for who publishes the site.