The FDA has authorized the marketing of 20 ZYN nicotine pouches after finding they pose lower health risks than cigarettes and may help users quit...
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By Robert Egbe Despite the millions of people its products kill every year, and the thousands more whose health is destroyed, the tobacco industry is aggressively lobbying governments and the public to embrace newer kinds of harmful tobacco products that it presents as “less harmful” or “safer” than traditional tobacco use. According to the World Health Organisation, the industry is particularly bent on luring young people to use its so-called “smokeless” nicotine-filled tobacco products, so that it can create a new generation of addicts. The industry regards these novel products as its future, meaning it quietly hopes that these youth […]
The FDA has authorized the marketing of 20 ZYN nicotine pouches after finding they pose lower health risks than cigarettes and may help users quit...
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