There is bipartisan backlash towards a top Democrat's effort to crack down on smoke-free, tobacco-free, nicotine pouches growing in popularity among teenagers.
Sen. Chuck Schumer called this week for a crackdown on ZYN, a nicotine pouch that has become increasingly popular in the United States, alongside the rise of so-called Zynfluencers who tout the product online. Nationwide sales of nicotine pouches, which users tuck into their upper lips, rose dramatically, with 808 million pouches sold in the first three months of 2022 alone, according to an analysis of four major brands. ZYN, which has quickly established a large footprint in the United States,
There is bipartisan backlash towards a top Democrat's effort to crack down on smoke-free, tobacco-free, nicotine pouches growing in popularity among teenagers.
Congressional Republicans are rallying behind Zyn, a brand of flavored oral nicotine pouches, amid a push from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for federal action on the tobacco and electronic cigarette alternative. “This calls for a Zynsurrection!” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) posted on X, formerly Twitter. Schumer over the weekend urged the Federal Trade…