Nicotine pouches: tobacco industry's invisible weapon targeting new consumers

Nicotine addiction among youth populations poses long-term health risks including cardiovascular disease and sustained dependency.

In the quiet space between a breath mint and a habit, the tobacco industry has engineered a new kind of invisibility: a nicotine pouch small enough to dissolve unnoticed against a teenager's gum line, in a classroom, without a trace. As traditional smoking has retreated under decades of public health pressure, the industry has not surrendered — it has adapted, finding in these flavored, scentless sachets a way to plant the seeds of addiction where no one is looking. The World Health Organization and medical societies in Spain and beyond are now raising the alarm, insisting that an addiction is

Nicotine pouches: tobacco industry's invisible weapon targeting new consumers

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