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New Study Shows Rise in Youth Nicotine Pouch Poisoning
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 16 – Awareness of nicotine pouches among UK youth rose from 38% to 43% in one year with nearly 4% of teenagers trying them, prompting calls for urgent regulation by CTSI.
- Recently, The Chartered Trading Standards Institute warned that UK school-aged children increasingly use nicotine pouches, which can go undetected due to discreet placement on the gum.
- These pouches currently slip through regulatory gaps, as the Chartered Trading Standards Institute stated, promoting flavours and packaging that mimic sweets.
- Featuring flavours such as Tropical Mango, Very Berry and Cherry Ice, they are small, teabag-shaped nicotine pouches with mint-like packaging, designed to be discreet.
- In response, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, Duncan Stephenson, Policy and External Affairs Director at CTSI, `urged the government to prioritise it to protect children from addiction`.
- Without clear health data, children remain at risk, Hazel Cheeseman warned, as companies continue heavy promotion of pouches in child-appealing ways.
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