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FDA greenlights 11 ZYN Ultra pouches — including its first 11mgOn 21 August 2026 the FDA issued Marketing Granted Orders for 11 ZYN Ultra nicotine pouches from Swedish Match USA — ten 9mg flavours and a new 11mg Smooth. The authorizations push the total of FDA-authorized nicotine pouch products to 43, with 23 cleared through the agency’s nicotine pouch pilot program. The American Lung Association attacked the move, citing youth appeal.
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Court clips FDA’s tobacco authority — nicotine pouch rules could be nextA federal appeals court ruled the FDA exceeded its authority by requiring 11 graphic cigarette warnings — Congress only authorized nine. The same legal theory — that the agency went beyond what Congress allowed — is being used to challenge the FDA’s nicotine pouch enforcement guidance in a separate lawsuit.
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Trump's FDA pick will decide the fate of unauthorized nicotine pouchesTrump has tapped White House health aide Dr. Heidi Overton to run the FDA. She'd inherit a controversial policy that lets some unauthorized nicotine pouches stay on sale while their applications sit pending — and she hasn't said whether she'd keep it.
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A child-safe cap that retrofits any nicotine pouch canChemular's Safeguard Mark I adds child-resistant packaging to existing nicotine pouch cans without a redesign — responding to FDA pressure after poison-control data showed 72% of pouch exposures involved children under 5. All 20 FDA-authorized pouch products already use CRC packaging.