Vapers Digest 5th January
Monday’s News at a glance:
The Passing of A Legend ~ Michael McFadden RIP ~ The Mosaic and the Non‑Accidental Convergence ~ Are Nicotine Pouches a Safer Alternative to Cigarettes? ~ Can Nicotine Pouches Help People Quit Smoking? ~Pouch politics grip Canada ~ Vape advertising rules discrimination, says seller ~ Trying to quit smoking? Washington Democrats just dramatically raised the price ~ Banning e-cigarettes misses the real culprit ~ Vaping safer than smoking – so why are people struggling to quit e-cigarettes? ~ Vaping Ban Exists Only On Paper
The Passing of A Legend
Jackie A., Jackie’s Substack
Are Nicotine Pouches a Safer Alternative to Cigarettes? [Podcast]
AMA EdHub, American Medical Association
Shravya Pant,Samantha Anderer, JAMA Network
In December, the agency announced the authorization of 6 nicotine pouch products from the on! PLUS brand. The decisions were the first to come out of a pilot program to streamline the FDA’s review of marketing applications for nicotine pouches. The program, launched in September, came after the January 2025 authorization of 20 nicotine pouch products from Philip Morris−owned Zyn, the most popular brand in the oral tobacco and nicotine market. The FDA has said it is interested in making additional options available for adults who smoke cigarettes and want to switch to less-harmful nicotine pouches.
Sam Forster, Canadian Affairs
An unlikely product has become a focus of Canadian conservatives: nicotine pouches.
“Free the Zyn,” Conservative MP Jamil Jivani said in a Sept. 19 Instagram video, as he placed one of the white, pillow-like nicotine pouches in his mouth. Zyn refers to a Swedish brand of nicotine pouch not available in Canada, but can also be colloquially used as a catch-all term for pouches.
“Canadian adults should be free to choose the products that work for them,” Jivani added.
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