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Skyrocketing Uptake: One in Three Young Canadians Have Tried Nicotine Pouches · Recovery News | Mental Health & Addiction Recovery

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Old chemical hooks are constantly being repackaged into new, seemingly harmless formats.
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According to The Globe and Mail, health experts are sounding an alarm over nicotine pouches.
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A new Canadian study shows more than one-third of young adults have tried them.
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Uptake among youth has more than quadrupled in just a four-year window.
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These oral pouches were approved strictly to help adult cigarette smokers quit.
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But data shows the vast majority of young users were never smokers to begin with.
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They are using the products recreationally, lured by social media and illegal flavors.
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Because they are completely smokeless and discreet, pouches encourage continuous, heavy dosing.
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Flooding a developing brain with nicotine rewires its physical reward circuitry.
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This heightens baseline anxiety and raises the long-term risk of cross-addiction.
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True wellness requires recognizing that tobacco-free never means dependency-free.