Growing numbers of young people are using these highly addictive - but almost completely unregulated - products.

Canada has banned nicotine pouches from convenience stores and gas stations, while pulling fruity flavours they say were targeted at youth — but adult nicotine users say the new regulations are ...

Leana S. Wen’s July 16 op-ed, “ Big Tobacco’s latest hook is snaring teens ,” on the teen nicotine crisis, hit close to home.

While the use of caffeine pouches among teenagers remains relatively rare, experts and educators are concerned that may be ...

The pouches can cause a host of health problems for young people, experts say, and the current lack of regulations is creating a sense of déjà vu for those who study tobacco control, including ...

Still, the overall user base remains small. Just 0.5% of Americans use nicotine pouches, compared with 9% who smoke cigarettes and 3% who vape or use e-cigarettes, according to US Census Bureau data.

For users of all ages, caffeine pouches, like nicotine pouches, may pose a threat to oral health, added Jackler, who in addition to studying tobacco marketing is an ear, nose and throat doctor.

While they do not contain tobacco or even carcinogens – which are used in tobacco-based products – they have high percentages of nicotine in them, which, owing to how you consume them, packs a pretty ...

The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, found a 763% increase in the rate of reported nicotine pouch ingestions among children younger than 6 from 2020 to 2023.

Finn picks up a small, white, teabag-like pouch from a round, brightly coloured tin and places it between his upper lip and gum. He and his mates use nicotine pouches until they vomit, he tells me.

A Wip container with energy pouches containing 200mg of caffeine per pouch. Wip does not contain nicotine. (Vanessa Leroy / NBC News) ...

The strength of the nicotine - at 150mg a pouch - is enough, he says, to "immobilise" them - especially when they use two or three in one go. "It's the burn at first," the 17-year-old explains.