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Nicotine Pouch Panic: How Government Keeps People Smoking
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- John Stossel on Odysee
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- Apr 28, 2026
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- 327
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Summary
Nicotine pouches, like Zyn, are safer than smoking. But now, politicians want to restrict the pouches. Here's why that's a problem. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ Some states ban flavored nicotine pouches. Others slap big taxes on them. Some as high as 95% That doesn’t protect people. That's keeps more people smoking. Because: “If you make the safer alternative more expensive," Guy Bentley of the Reason Foundation explains, "more cigarettes will be sold.” Politicians say they’re doing this for the kids! “Pouches seem to lock their sights on young kids!” warns Senator Chuck Schumer. “The governor is a grandmother!" proclaim bureaucrats in my state. "She cares about the health of our children.” “Please,” responds Bentley, “Almost no kids are using these products.” Only 0.6% of high schoolers use them regularly. “It's adults who were buying the stuff?” I ask. “It is,” explains Bentley, “More than seven million American adults are using nicotine pouches … And that's a good thing, not a bad thing.” It is. My video above explains why, and how the “just-ban-things” crowd create more problems: like black markets and crime. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aBOgQIU8ws