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Scientists reviewed 73 new nicotine pouch studies. Here's the full picture.An updated scoping review in Nicotine & Tobacco Research covers 73 new pouch studies: US youth use hit 1.8%, adult sales tripled since 2021, high-strength pouches deliver more nicotine than cigarettes — and pouches remain considerably less toxic than cigarettes, with long-term effects still unknown.
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Nicotine use is rising in Canada for the first time in decades — and pouches are driving itNew ITC and Ontario Tobacco Research Unit survey data shows pouch use climbing fast among Canadian adults and teens, even as cigarettes keep declining — and an illicit market for unauthorized brands is already filling the gaps the pharmacy-only rules leave open.
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Germany's medical establishment tells the government: keep the pouch banA broad alliance of German medical associations, led by the Bundesärztekammer, has formally appealed to the government to keep the ban on nicotine pouch sales — direct pushback against industry calls to legalize and tax pouches for over €200 million a year.
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82% of Australian teens who tried nicotine pouches had also vaped — new studyA University of Sydney Matilda Centre survey of 1,848 Australian high school students found 3.5% had used nicotine pouches — and pouch use almost never came alone: 82% of pouch users had also vaped and 71% had smoked cigarettes. Males had nearly three times the odds of pouch use.
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Ireland's festival cigarette ban skipped nicotine pouches — industry ran giveaways at three major eventsVelo and Nordic Spirit ran free-tin stands at Electric Picnic and other Irish festivals this summer, exploiting a legal gap: Ireland's ban on selling cigarettes and vapes at temporary premises doesn't cover pouches. The pouch bill introducing under-18 sales restrictions can be enacted after 7 October.
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WHO's first nicotine pouch report: 160 countries have no rules at allThe World Health Organization published its first-ever global report on nicotine pouches, finding that 160 countries have no specific regulation while sales topped 23 billion units in 2024. WHO called for flavour bans, nicotine caps, and advertising restrictions — and told governments not to copy Sweden's hands-off model.
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Swedish professor links white snus to rising diabetes in young womenProfessor Kerstin Brismar of Karolinska Institutet says the surge in white snus use among young women may be driving the parallel rise in type 2 diabetes. She expects confirming research soon.