FILE - Containers of Zyn, a Phillip Morris smokeless nicotine pouch, are displayed for sale among other nicotine and tobacco products at a newsstand Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in New York. The product has ...

For something that isn’t candy, Zyn nicotine pouches sure look a lot like it. The packaging, a small metal can, looks more than a little like a tin of mints.

By the end of 2025, Kennedy estimates, Swedish Match can manufacture 900 million Zyn containers. That could bring Zyn sales to $2.9 billion, Forbes estimates.

Zyn pouches are the latest nicotine craze in the world of cigarette substitutes, with over 130 million containers sold in the first quarter of this year. Health experts and lawmakers are concerned.

Philip Morris, the tobacco giant that bought Zyn maker Swedish Match, has leaned into smokeless products as people move away from cigarettes. Sales of Zyn have increased 300-fold since 2016.

(Reuters) -Marlboro maker Philip Morris International missed second-quarter revenue expectations on Tuesday as shipments of its ZYN nicotine pouches disappointed. Shares in the world's largest tobacco ...

The FDA said it had issued 119 warning letters to brick-and-mortar retailers and had filed 41 civil money penalty complaints seeking more than $55,000 in total for underage sales of flavored ZYN ...