Nicotine pouches, which are promoted as safer than cigarettes, are growing in popularity, especially with young people. But now, medical organizations are calling on the FDA to halt sales of the popular Zyn brand and similar products while reviewing their safety. NBC News' Vicky Nguyen reports.
Youth vaping levels fell to the lowest in a decade this year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. E-cigarette use among middle and high school students dropped from 2.13 million students in 2023 to 1.63 million students in 2024, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey, published Thursday. The total is now about one-third of its 2019 peak, health officials said, when numbers totaled more than 5 million.
The FDA “has been pummeling on the retail sector with inspections and enforcement against those who are violating the law,” King said. Dr. Sharon Levy, chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, said that the latest findings are good news but there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done. Among young e-cigarette users, 26.3% reported daily use.
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