Several other countries have banned nicotine pouches, recognizing that youth uptake and their minimal cessation potential outweigh the population benefits of their legalization. Fortunately, despite ...

Even in countries where they are banned, nicotine pouches are mostly still easy to order online. They're small, discrete and come in flavours like mango and berry. Some teens may now be turning to ...

While originally created as a way to help people stop smoking, a UBC Okanagan researcher is raising concerns about oral nicotine pouches being portrayed as trendy and pleasurable, especially among ...

A UBC Okanagan researcher is raising concerns about the serious health risks for youth who use oral nicotine pouches. It ...

Oral nicotine pouches and related 'snus' tobacco pouches are marketed as cigarette alternatives. Andrii Atanov/iStock via Getty Images Oral nicotine pouches – like Zyn and Velo in the U.S. – appear to ...

Imperial Tobacco Canada (Imperial) today urged federal decision-makers to take immediate action to address the rapidly ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, U.S. health regulators have judged a type of smokeless tobacco to be less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options ...

The image of cigarette smoking has been captured as cool and hip. The ladies of Sex and the City lit up on screen, as did Bruce Willis in Die Hard and so many other cool guys and girls. These images ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time, US health regulators have endorsed a brand of tobacco pouches as less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options for ...

Have you heard about the new tobacco pouches? I hadn’t either until I opened the latest issue of Advertising Age. The new pouches – called snus — look like tiny tea-bag pouches and don’t require a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, U.S. health regulators have endorsed a brand of tobacco pouches as less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options ...