Nicotine pouches
Coverage of tobacco-free nicotine pouches, including product rules, consumer use and research. This hub distinguishes pouches from snus, which contains tobacco; reporting on both may appear in both hubs.
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Latvia brings in raft of tough new vape restrictions
Latvia has implemented tough new restrictions on vapes and other safer nicotine alternatives to smoking.
Nicotine pouches still widely available in Belgium - one year after ban
Government data shows that this year, 318 out of 1,781 retailers checked by the authorities did not comply with the ban. This resulted in 3,273 packets being seized.
Fruit flavoured Pouches more effective than mint at helping smokers quit, new study finds
The research, published in the journal BMC Health, shows that a higher proportion of smokers who used fruit or other flavoured vapes had quit cigarettes after six months (15.4 per cent) compared to those who used mint flavoured vapes (11.6 per cent).
Vapes could help save up to 616,000 lives in Nigeria and Kenya, new report shows
According to the study ‘Saving 600,000 Lives in Nigeria and Kenya’ by global health group Smoke Free Sweden, 9.4 per cent of Nigerians currently smoke.
Sweden becomes first country to be officially declared “smoke free”
The data, released by Sweden’s public health agency today, shows that just 4.5 per cent of Swedish-born adults now smoke - well under the globally recognised benchmark of five per cent to achieve smoke free status.
Will France ban nicotine pouches? The new Health Minister thinks it’s her “duty”.
French Health minister Geneviève Darrieussecq wants to ban nicotine pouches, and told Le Parisien that the government would introduce such a measure in the coming weeks.
Smoking and vaping rates among U.S. youth hits 25-year low
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analysed data from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey to assess nicotine product use among middle school (ages 11 to 13) and high school students (ages 13 to 18).