Growing Number Of Children Report Using Smokeless Oral Nicotine Packets

CNN (12/30, Christensen ) reports, “Tiny packets of nicotine have quickly become a big problem for parents and schools.” Sold “under names like Zyn, O! Rogue, Juice Head and VELO,” such “products are supposed to be sold only to people over 21,” but “a growing number of children have reported using these types of smokeless oral nicotine packets.” The packets “have quickly become one of the most-used nicotine products among kids and young adults, according to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, second only to vaping.”

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— “For young users, tobacco packets like Zyn are a nicotine trend that just won’t quit,” Jen Christensen, CNN, December 30, 2025

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