The use of nicotine pouches among U.S. high school students nearly doubled from 2023 to 2024, new research shows. This trend has alarmed some public health officials who fear it could leave teens ...

The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, found a 763% increase in the rate of reported nicotine pouch ingestions among children younger than 6 from 2020 to 2023.

Nicotine pouch ingestions increased by more than 760% from 2020 to 2023 and were 1.5 times more likely to cause serious medical outcomes than other nicotine formulations.