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Vista Clinic warns council: nicotine pouches rising among youth, not FDA-approved cessation aids
Summary
A Vista Community Clinic program manager told the San Marcos City Council that nicotine pouches are an emerging nicotine product marketed as 'tobacco-free,' have high nicotine concentrations and increasing youth use; staff urged local measures to reduce exposure, retail access and support cessation resources.
Jennifer Gill, program manager of Vista Community Clinic’s Tobacco Prevention Program, told the San Marcos City Council on Sept. 9 that nicotine pouches are an emerging product with rising use among youth and potential health risks.
"The number one product [youth] are reporting using are e-cigarettes or vape products, primarily flavored," Gill said, then shifted focus to nicotine pouches, which she described as "a little small pouch that looks like this that you put in between your cheek and your gum" and which the industry markets as tobacco-free because they do not contain loose-leaf tobacco.
Gill told the council that nicotine pouches contain nicotine and other substances (cellulose and…
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