Have you seen this box with your children? There’s a chance they’re addicted

No smell, no smoke, and without anyone noticing: Nicotine pouches have become the quiet addiction of teenagers. At Al Sam they warn of the dangerous phenomenon.

What to know about FDA's review of new Zyn advertising proposal

Americans who smoke may soon be hearing a lot more about Zyn. That's the flavored nicotine pouch that's generated billions in ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN

The war on snus

Nicotine pouches, or snus as it is known to our Nordic neighbours, remain without a clear regulatory footing in Cyprus. Classified by the drugs council in October 2024 as pharmaceutical products, they ...
Daily Mail

Generation Snus: One in 25 Gen Z's now use highly addictive nicotine pouches figures show - despite Europe ban over heart health fears

Trendy nicotine pouch use has soared among young people despite fears they could raise the risk of a raft of serious health problems including cancers and heart disease. One in 25 Gen Z's have now ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
Android Authority

Stop using the wrong Gemini: The one setting you need to change for Gemini 3

Just eight months after Gemini 2.5 launched, Google has upgraded its AI models once again with the release of Gemini 3. Gemini 3 officially began rolling out widely on November 18, and even this early ...
Public Radio International

‘The Swedish Experience’: Tobacco companies want snus to be an alternative to smoking, as young people drive sales

In the US, sales of certain nicotine pouches are soaring. The small white pouches — Swedish cousins of chewing tobacco and dip but without the tobacco leaf — are everywhere on TikTok, flaunted by ...
Wall Street Journal

Using Your Credit Card at the Checkout Is Set to Get a Lot More Complicated

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...
Healthline

Does Using AI Affect Your Brain Performance?

Emerging research suggests that the more you use AI, the more it may negatively affect your critical thinking skills. But it depends on the tasks you use it for and how you use it. Share on Pinterest ...
Futurism

Lawyer Gets Caught Using AI in Court, Responds in the Worst Possible Way

What is it with lawyers and AI? We don’t know, but it feels like an inordinate number of them keep screwing up with AI tools, apparently never learning from their colleagues who get publicly crucified ...
Ars Technica

Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making”

Last month, OpenAI published a usage study showing that nearly 15 percent of work-related conversations on ChatGPT had to deal with “making decisions and solving problems.” Now comes word that at ...