The governor’s budget plan would extend the state’s 75% tax on cigarettes to alternative nicotine products like the popular Zyn pouches.

The tobacco industry rebranded a brutally addictive drug from deadly to desirable—and the longer-term health consequences may only be starting to unfold.

Meet the tech industry’s latest perk: nicotine-pouch fridges and vending machines. Nicotine pouches, which have grown in popularity in recent years, including among Wall Street bankers, have become a ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington state will implement a 95% excise tax on all tobacco and nicotine products in 2026, creating significant financial challenges for local vape shops and expected price hikes ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Starting January 1, 2026, nicotine products in Washington will be subject to the tobacco products tax at 95% of the selling price. This change affects all nicotine products, whether ...

The paper presents the policy messages in 2 parts: consequences of nicotine consumption and actions to address nicotine-induced adverse health effects. HealthDay News — Nicotine is toxic to the heart ...

It's beside the point to debate whether vaping or nicotine pouches can be more healthy than smoking a cigarette, a major new report argues. Nicotine is toxic to the heart and blood vessels regardless ...

Nicotine is the drug that keeps people coming back to cigarettes, but not the substance that causes serious health effects in people who use tobacco. It is the tar and toxic chemical mix in tobacco ...

Nicotine is toxic to the heart and blood vessels, regardless of whether it is consumed via a vape, a pouch, a shisha or a cigarette, according to an expert consensus report published in the European ...

Janet Hoek receives funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, the Marsden Fund, NZ Cancer Society and NZ Heart Foundation. She is a member of the Health Coalition Aotearoa's smokefree ...

When Volkswagen started showing off the new ID. Buzz as a modern take on the 1960s Microbus (aka “Bus” or "Kombi"), it got people’s attention. The new Buzz is a sort of modern revival of what people ...

The smokefree alternative is benefiting from numerous positive developments. The trajectory of pouch products has been "remarkable," according to Chris Howard, executive vice president of external ...