Tiny packets of nicotine have quickly become a big problem for parents and schools. They're available at gas stations and convenience stores under names like Zyn, O! Rogue, Juice Head and VELO.

Hi, it’s Damian in New York, where you see smoke shops and newsstands advertising Zyn pouches everywhere. More on that in a moment, but first ... Cigarettes, as you’ve probably heard ...

A New York state lawmaker is proposing a ban on the sale of what he described as "highly addictive" flavored nicotine pouches, even after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration came out in support ...

New York politicians are again targeting the finance sector—this time with a proposed ban on flavored nicotine pouches. The ...

A state legislator is moving to outlaw the sale of flavored nicotine pouches, despite the federal Food and Drug Administration’s endorsement of the product’s potential health benefits in ...

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Zyn, the nicotine pouch launched by Swedish Match, was introduced to the U.S. market in 2014 and, thanks to champions such as Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson, became a fixture of the so-called ...

More: FDA seeks to limit nicotine in cigarettes, most cigars. Vapes and Zyn are excluded. Nicotine acts by binding to receptors in the brain and nervous system, Little said. When these receptors ...

On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the sale of Zyn nicotine pouch products, citing potential health benefits for adult smokers. Nicotine, rather than ...

Battan travels to Sweden, the home of Zyn, where a third of the population consumes nicotine. For years, that mostly came in the form of snus—brown pouches of tobacco, popular with men ...