Nicotine pouches: the business growing six hundred sixty percent unchecked

Sales of nicotine pouches have skyrocketed by 660% between 2020 and 2025, according to a STOP report. This addictive product, placed between the gum and lip, is promoted by tobacco companies on social media with appealing flavors. The result is an open door to addiction for many teenagers, while the market advances without effective regulation.

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The algorithm that normalizes nicotine addiction 🚬

Tobacco companies have optimized their digital strategy using social media algorithms to target nicotine pouch ads at young people. The packaging and flavors mimic common consumer products, such as candies or gum, reducing the perception of risk. This technique, similar to the marketing of other consumer goods, makes it easier for a nicotine product to integrate into minors' daily lives without raising immediate alarms for parents or educators.

Fruit flavors: the new menu for recess 🍬

While some parents worry about sugar in cereals, tobacco companies are already selling nicotine with mango and mint flavors to be placed between the gum and lip. Quite an advancement: now teenagers can acquire an addiction without needing to light a cigarette. Soon we will see nicotine pizza flavor ads so that the vice is also an option for lunchtime.