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FDA Permits 'Lower Risk' Marketing for Zyn Nicotine Pouches, Raising Questions About Youth Addiction

The FDA has authorized marketing some Zyn nicotine pouches as lower risk than cigarettes. Public health experts support the measure for smokers seeking alternatives but flag concern about new addiction among young people.

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This story restores the frame around a regulatory label — 'lower risk' means something specific and contested — and asks readers to hold the dignity of both adult smokers and adolescents in the same v
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