The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday cleared Philip Morris-owned Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as less harmful than cigarettes, giving the tobacco giant a major regulatory win as the Trump administration loosens restrictions on nicotine products.
The decision, first reported by Axios, allows 20 Zyn products to carry a modified-risk claim saying that switching from cigarettes to Zyn lowers the risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Zyn pouches contain nicotine but not tobacco. They are placed between a user’s gum and lip and have surged in popularity among conservatives, tech workers and others who promote them as a cleaner alternative to cigarettes and chewing tobacco or a productivity aid.
That study is proposing that nicotine may modify the effect of cancer growth but did not conclude that nicotine itself is a carcinogen.
And that is exactly what I said, that evidence shows nicotine promotes development of caner.
This also is ignoring the deleterious effects on the organs that aren’t cancer based.
I never claimed that it didn’t modify the growth of cancer, I just stated it wasn’t a carcinogen.
I also specified that it was only healthier than tobacco when regarding cancer.