FDA Authorizes 4 Flavored Nicotine Pouches as Lung Association Warns 90% of Youth Users Choose Flavors
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Updated · KOKH FOX25 · Aug 5
FDA Authorizes 4 Flavored Nicotine Pouches as Lung Association Warns 90% of Youth Users Choose Flavors
3 articles · Updated · KOKH FOX25 · Aug 5
Summary
Four new on! nicotine pouches—Rich Berry 2 mg, Cappuccino 2 mg, Cappuccino 4 mg and Autumn Spice 2 mg—won FDA marketing authorization, bringing the agency’s total authorized nicotine pouches to 30.
FDA said the products could offer a less harmful option for adults who smoke or use smokeless tobacco, and a related review found lower harmful constituent levels than other oral and smokeless tobacco products.
The American Lung Association called the move “another gamble with kids’ health,” saying flavors drive youth uptake and citing data that more than 90% of young nicotine-pouch users choose flavored products.
Youth tobacco use is at historic lows, but the FDA’s latest survey still found 7.2% of middle and high school students use some tobacco product; nicotine pouches ranked second among youth at 1.7%, behind e-cigarettes at 5.2%.