Skyrocketing Uptake: One in Three Young Canadians Have Tried Nicotine Pouches
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According to The Globe and Mail, health experts are sounding an alarm over nicotine pouches.
A new Canadian study shows more than one-third of young adults have tried them.
Uptake among youth has more than quadrupled in just a four-year window.
These oral pouches were approved strictly to help adult cigarette smokers quit.
But data shows the vast majority of young users were never smokers to begin with.
They are using the products recreationally, lured by social media and illegal flavors.
Because they are completely smokeless and discreet, pouches encourage continuous, heavy dosing.
Flooding a developing brain with nicotine rewires its physical reward circuitry.
This heightens baseline anxiety and raises the long-term risk of cross-addiction.
True wellness requires recognizing that tobacco-free never means dependency-free.
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