New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to bring nicotine pouch products under a 75% state tax on tobacco.

Friday to pass a bill aiming to close a loophole allowing Oregon youth to purchase nicotine pouch products. Senate Bill 1571, ...

Nicotine pouch manufacturers say the pouches remove 99% of harmful chemicals a cigarette smoker is exposed to. Blake Washington, Hochul’s budget director, told reporters last month the administration ...

The governor's budget proposes taxing nicotine pouches at 75%, the tobacco industry, health advocates and researchers are debating over what comes next.

Convenience-store retailers remain optimistic on the outlook for the tobacco category, according to Goldman Sachs’ fourth-quarter 2025 Nicotine Nuggets survey. This was mainly due to moderating ...

Despite all we know about the dangers of tobacco use, new products are constantly entering the market and luring teens into using them. Social media glamorization, peer pressure and misunderstanding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many adult smokers use tobacco-free nicotine pouches to stop smoking. So why subject them to a new tax when lawmakers could be ...

WASHINGTON -- For the first time, U.S. health regulators have judged a type of smokeless tobacco to be less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options for ...

Following some late-night legislative maneuvering, our elected officials in Olympia appear poised to usher into law a new, hefty tax of 95 percent on nicotine pouches that have recently become all the ...

Smoking is never good for us — but is vaping or using nicotine pouches any better? In recent years, the internet has been awash with conflicting evidence about the health impacts of smoking ...

The smokefree alternative is benefiting from numerous positive developments. The trajectory of pouch products has been "remarkable," according to Chris Howard, executive vice president of external ...

On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the sale of Zyn nicotine pouch products, citing potential health benefits for adult smokers. Nicotine, rather than tobacco, ...