"Nicotine pouch use in the UK has surged tenfold in just five years, with almost 700,000 Britons now using the products, new research has revealed. The study showed that an estimated 0.1 per cent of the population were users in 2020 compared to 1 per cent in 2025, with a significant increase seen among young people aged 16 to 24 in particular."
"Experts from the charity Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) warned that the growing use of nicotine pouches is due to the heavy and indiscriminate marketing of the products, which they said should not be used by children or people who do not already smoke. Nicotine pouches are placed between the lip and gum to slowly release nicotine and come in a wide variety of flavours."
Nicotine pouch use in the UK has surged tenfold over five years, with almost 700,000 users and prevalence rising from an estimated 0.1% in 2020 to 1% in 2025. The largest increase occurred among young people aged 16 to 24. Experts at Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) attributed the growth to heavy and indiscriminate marketing and warned that pouches should not be used by children or by non-smokers. Nicotine pouches are placed between the lip and gum to release nicotine and are available in a wide variety of flavours. Data came from the Smoking Toolkit study covering almost 128,000 people aged 16 and over.
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