The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just handed Zyn something the vape largely never got: permission to market itself as less risky than cigarettes. The agency issued modified-risk orders Tuesday ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. For the better part of the past century, the case against nicotine was simple: Smoking a cigarette might feel ...

Zyn nicotine pouches, the FDA found, can be advertised as a less-harmful option for adult smokers. But quitting all tobacco and nicotine products remains the best idea. The decision does not mean ...

After vapes staved off the extinction of tobacco, a new generation of nicotine products is promising a safer, albeit no less addictive, form of consumption through tobacco-free pouches made popular by ...

The FDA will allow 20 Philip Morris-owned Zyn nicotine pouch products to carry a modified-risk claim saying switching from cigarettes lowers the risk of several smoking-related diseases. The decision ...

The FDA’s decision gives Philip Morris a powerful new claim for Zyn—and raises a bigger question about whether nicotine pouches are becoming the successor vapes never could. The U.S. Food and Drug ...