Carl Dagher on Should the FDA regulate nicotine pouches?
Carl Dagher
Should the FDA regulate nicotine pouches?
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Transcript
- 0:00 What's up y'all?
- 0:01 Today I want to talk about nicotine pouches and if the FDA should regulate them.
- 0:06 I think everyone has seen a big boom in the nicotine pouch industry.
- 0:10 You got recognizable brands like Zen and VO.
- 0:14 I mean, you see nicotine pouches everywhere, in the classroom, in the bathroom, on the ground, at parties.
- 0:20 But really, what are these nicotine pouches?
- 0:24 Are they really a safe alternative to smoking and vaping that um these companies are marketing?
- 0:30 I mean, we saw similar marketing technique for vaping, that it was a safe alternative to smoking, but we didn't really know the long-term effects with vaping, and we don't know the long-term effects with Zins and pouches now.
- 0:43 Um and they both followed similar marketing strategies.
- 0:45 You see these these these flavors that attract younger generation, recognizable brands, like I said, Zen and Blo.
- 0:52 Um big signage, and yeah, I mean, it seems like their target audience really is the younger generation.
- 1:00 Although it may be less harmful to your body than vaping and smoking, we really don't know what's in these things.
- 1:06 Um I'm I'm I've heard of some health concerns like high blood pressure, um lack of attention, um obviously the gum irritation.
- 1:16 But long term, we don't really know much.
- 1:19 And essentially, most of these companies are owned by most of these brands are owned by tobacco companies, so they essentially found a loophole, and the FDA has done nothing to regulate them.
- 1:29 Um there's no regulation on nicotine pouches here in the United States.
- 1:33 So I think it's it's an interesting thing to look at and see the similarities between the pouch industry and the vaping industry.
- 1:39 And uh, I'm really curious to see what the FDA does.
- 1:41 And I I think there should be some some form of rebu regulation at least just to keep the people who use them safe.
- 1:48 And I mean, if it is a safe alternative, it would be good to know that too for those who need to quit smoking.
- 1:53 So, yeah, that's about it.
- 1:54 Just want to see what happens with these pouches as we we continue and as as the market grows.
- 1:59 And yeah, I mean, I think the market's around 120 billion dollars now, so it's uh it's a big market.
- 2:05 So we'll we'll see what happens.