Because they don’t actually contain tobacco, nicotine pouches may be viewed as safer than smoking cigarettes, using smokeless ...

A newer kind of nicotine product could be cropping up at your child’s school. We’re talking about nicotine pouches. Products ...

Advocates love to tout these products as harm reduction tools. Here’s what the evidence says. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health ...

A tiny Philip Morris product called Zyn has been making big headlines, sparking debate about whether new nicotine-based alternatives intended for adults may be catching on with underage teens and ...

Many adult smokers use tobacco-free nicotine pouches to stop smoking. So why subject them to a new tax when lawmakers could be making it easier — not more difficult — to access products that help them ...

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 of ...

Following some late-night legislative maneuvering, our elected officials in Olympia appear poised to usher into law a new, hefty tax of 95 percent on nicotine pouches that have recently become all the ...