Public health leaders are warning about the health hazards these can pose, especially to the developing brain.

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Poison control centers are sounding the alarm on nicotine pouches as cases of young children accidentally ingesting them surge around the country. The warning comes amid new research showing calls ...

Still, the overall user base remains small. Just 0.5% of Americans use nicotine pouches, compared with 9% who smoke cigarettes and 3% who vape or use e-cigarettes, according to US Census Bureau data.

The Alabama Department of Public Health said that e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches are harmful to everyone, even children.

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Interestingly, while nicotine pouch use surged, vaping declined slightly: 17.6% of teens reported using e-cigarettes in the past 12 months in 2024, down from 20% the year before.

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However, nicotine pouch use saw a slight uptick from 1.5% in 2023 to 1.8% in 2024. Sales also increased from 126 million pouches in August 2019 to 808 million in March 2022, according to the CDC.