W hen John,* 43, first heard about Zyn from a friend a couple years ago, it struck him as a “much better alternative to chewing [tobacco],” he tells SELF, which he’d previou ...

"I was doing some gardening in my 1950s house in the UK when I pulled this out of the dirt, not too deep down. There is ...

A new nicotine crave is in the headlines, and it just might edge out vaping and smoking. For students, it’s become an easy go-to rush before exams or workouts. Politicians and pundits are also ...

Small, tobacco-free sachets containing a powder made up of nicotine, flavourings and other additives, nicotine patches are placed between the upper lip and gum to release a nicotine buzz without ...

Unlike lighting up a cigarette, nicotine pouches don’t lead to an immediate jolt of lightness in your head — that much-sought-after “buzz” that smokers describe in almost reverential terms.

The nicotine pouches are small, smokeless and easy to hide, ... “People like to take them before classes, to take them before events and stuff, just for a little buzz,” one student said.

Smoking for social and cultural reasons has a long history.Tobacco can lead to cancer, stroke, heart attack, lung disease and ...

A lot of people are turning to nicotine pouches because they believe – and I think it’s correct – that they’re lower in risk,” says Kozlowski. On a recent weekday evening, Zyn users at the trendy ...

Those reinforcing behaviors kind of cover for the smaller buzz the reduced-nicotine cigarettes offer. Meanwhile, taking in less nicotine starts to chip away at the dependence on the chemical.

Their love for dirty energy is much like a patient addicted to smoking cigarettes: Yes, there’s an initial satisfying nicotine buzz, but over time, addiction to the pollution from cigarettes ...