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FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers

Jan. 16, 2025 15:08 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration OK'd 10 Zyn flavors, including coffee,...

Federal health officials authorize Zyn nicotine pouches, citing potential to help adult smokers cut back or quit

Jan. 16, 2025 12:44 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials authorize Zyn nicotine pouches, citing potential to help adult smokers cut back or quit.

FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump

Jan. 15, 2025 16:25 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon. The proposed rule from the Food...