The Truth About Nicotine Pouches | UNTOLD | Channel 4 Documentaries

[@qprfcfromthewhitecity]

It's got me off smoking and vaping and my lungs are much cleaner. No longer out of breath walking up stairs or coughing at night.

[@olliem-b7939]

same they are class

[@40kwitchhouse64]

gums turned white yet?

[@alexcampbell944]

Me too bro

[@bigkaswrx8115]

Same here. Used to have a box of cigs a day, stopped that, then vaped for 2 years. Vape addiction was BAD, out of breath, cold sweats and stomach cramps daily. Now on snus but ive stopped vaping and feel SO much better for it.

[@blackpalacemusic]

This is much less harmful than smoking

[@rosskj9187]

These things personally helped me stop smoking after 10 years and i feel like i got my life back. Now the habit of smoking is gone weening myself off these is so much easier

[@Johnnygstring]

You thought the tobacco cartels would just roll over and die?

[@acex222]

This has been a product in European nations for decades.

[@psulux]

We roll up and die

[@manlikegus238]

This documentary is a joke.

[@TroisKayas]

I gave up smoking easily when I realised that giving my money to a company which was trying to kill me was really stupid.

[@Haych_Q]

This is literally what I did. I woke up one morning and just stopped haha

[@alwhyte6533]

I gave up cold turkey, but it was far from easy. I saw a woman passing my house smoking a cigarette, and I was convinced she was doing it purely to annoy me.

[@oliverlawsupra]

Bet you still drink coca cola and eat sweets too...

[@sharpskilz]

It's the ones that want to keep you alive (and addicted) that are really toxic.

[@matthewnicholas6365]

Throw in the realisation it ****ing stinks and makes you feel awful.

[@YoYo-es5cb]

Who’s watching this with a snus in?

[@skhan3855]

I am lol Velo freeze ultra 😂

[@faridoon15]

Lol reminded me to put the tobacco Siberia one in haha

[@serendipidus8482]

Nah smoking a rolly😂

[@quinnerefc]

nicotine lozenge

[@nathanweinstein2766]

Snus is completely different…

[@vickythefist7062]

I MUST LIVE UNDER A ROCK BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM BEFORE TODAY 😂😂

[@Leansophfit]

Same

[@wobuzhidaoification]

Same (and as an ex smoker)

[@psulux]

We're getting old and are not invited to the youth club

[@jamieholmes6087]

@wobuzhidaoification I'm a current smoker and never heard of them 30 mins ago.

[@futures2247]

shows like this act as both awareness raising and free advertising.

[@jacobizm]

yeah they didn't really say there were any bad side effects apart from the under 18 footballer passing out which could have been due to a multitude to reasons lol

[@jaylewis2315]

I wonder how many ppl that didnt know about try it just from this video

[@123moe]

​@@jacobizm what? They covered: mental health, addiction, multiple types of cancer, heart disease, heart attacks, and the tachycardia the footballer had.

[@DJ.ShawZzZ]

@@jaylewis2315literally me😂🚭🤣

[@manlikegus238]

@@123moeyeah, everything BAD, it did not mention anything once about the positive impact nicotine can have which after doing my bit of research outweighs the negatives lol

[@SamuelWhite-qf2qw]

Had a Nordic Spirit advert while watching. Ahhh the irony.

[@Roybatty443]

Heheh

[@Xisk77]

I got a link to "try a sample" 😆😆😆

[@ohenekojo2561]

It's not irony, it's how the algorithm works. Most people would have gotten the same ad.

[@12345678927164]

What a based name. Think I’ll start using

[@achrafelh]

@@12345678927164 might turn into a viking after taking one

[@skhan3855]

This girl is a smoker and she's slating snus and nic pouches, the irony.

[@chaycunningham1999]

Yeah ... Eeehh nicotine pouches smell like wintergreen... Hey cigs smell so bad

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

Cigarettes are cancer-promoting for all the people around you. I don't give a shit if people have bad habits that hurt themselves, but absolutely despise the selfish, sociopathic habit of smoking. So if anything smokeless cuts down on that crap I'm all for it no matter how harmful it is to the users.

[@LL-hs4jo]

​@@CitiesTurnedToDust I went to a concert (Outdoor) last year. I don't smoke and neither does my partner. The guy right in front of us had cig after cig after cig. The full concert and it just blew directly into our faces. I eventually said. Excuse me can you move? I'm not sitting breathing in your cancer sticks this full concert. He just said oh f*ck off you and continued. Even his partner was doing the same and giving us abuse. I just kept kicking the back of their seats and they couldn't concentrate 😂

[@siep3417]

They're only strong nicotine gums, they're loads better than a pack of tabs. They've sensationalised it a bit, making out like they're worse than a bag of smack.

[@DJ.ShawZzZ]

Trust 🤣🤣🤣

[@skyedavies520]

Lol I know fucking fools.I hare this generation

[@URFUTUREUK]

😂

[@Nabz1415]

They changed cigarette packaging so kids don't smoke but made vapes colourful af and now so many kids vape too

[@julianshepherd2038]

It is like the corporations are barely controlled.

[@5688gamble]

Alcohol is sold in a wide array of colourful containers with interesting shapes and in many strengths, mixed with caffeine even, cheap and easy to obtain! Alcohol is a highly addictive drug with no health benefits, a class-1 carcinogen that damages every organ in the body and may be a factor in way more deaths than we may know, it causes cancer of the mouth, throat and pancreas (like snus) and also of the liver, kidneys, colon, skin and others. It also causes cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure, brain damage, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, heat attack attack and more. It is involved in many accidents caused by risk taking it stupidity facilitated by the drug and increases violent behaviour. We are creating a moral panic about nicotine, but we overlook alcohol because it is part of our "culture" but I cannot think of a more horrible drug than alcohol (and I've tried a lot of drugs) there is nothing less cultured to me than a drunk person!

[@5688gamble]

All statements in this film can be applied to alcohol. Just like when other drugs are discussed. For comparisons with illegal drugs and the standards around nicotine products, alcohol is the low hanging fruit ripe for comparison, it is a dangerous, addictive, hard drug that it nation is too insisted with, c it is easily accessible by minors, most users started before 18, comes in more flavours than e-juice, brightly colours bottles of candy flavoured gin in heart shaped bottles and everything. If snus is such a huge issue, alcohol is a bigger one! Of all the drugs I've tried, alcohol causes the most harm, even as an ex-heroin addict, and heroin was more pleasant than alcohol, the drug that doesn't even really feel that great, especially for all the damage it directly causes to your health (more than heroin would were it legal for sure) I'm not demonstrating those who drink, why demonize users of other drugs though if you accept the stupid and reckless consumption of another hard drug is part of our culture (culture must be pretty shit if using the world most dangerous drug is what constitutes culture!)

[@bairfreedom]

Yes......those damn colors is what it is.....😂

[@StringyJ_music]

Imagine being an investigative journalist for Channel 4 and not knowing what bergamot is. Even a Vice journalist would know that.

[@Narque]

I used the pouches to quit smoking, made it very easy. I used the pouches to break the habit of having something to hold then after around 3 week of being on the 3mg pouches (lowest u can get) I just stopped. couldn't of been easier and I was terrified it was going to impossible.

[@StephenA92]

Tobacco-specific nitrosamines are the primary cause of cancer in tobacco. Real Swedish snus tobacco isn't fire-cured and is pasteurised, meaning the risk of getting cancer from it is relatively low compared to other forms of smokeless tobacco.

[@DJ.ShawZzZ]

Where’s the documentary cussing caffeine like redbull or monster then?😂 going on like it’s crack or something 🤣🤣🤣

[@Umerkhan2.0]

When I decided to use nicotine pouches, I thought I wouldn't smoke cigarettes and would consume less nicotine. But now it's been a year, and I am using nicotine pouches even in places where I couldn't smoke cigarettes before. I had a peaceful life with just cigarettes, but since I started using these pouches, my life has been ruined. My focus is gone, I get angry a lot, I am very sleepy, and I don't feel like doing anything. Believe me, a year ago, when I didn't use these, I was not like this at all. I am completely ruined now.

[@excessaura]

quit then

[@alechannan5741]

Do your best to quit however possible. Your life is too important

[@RiverTyne]

come off them you dope

[@HENRIVICTORIOUS1]

As an ex-smoker these pouches have absolutely saved me. Maybe they should only be perscribed but yeah, snus is great

[@stocktonjoans]

you're in denial mate, you're still an addict hooked on harmful shit

[@GHCLPZ]

Agreed, i was a heavy smoker about x20 a day, costing a fortune & killing me. These pouches have literally cured my addiction to tobacco. Totally recommend them to anyone who wants to quit smoking

[@Amberle38]

@@GHCLPZ Uh, it hasn't cured your addiction to anything. It's just replaced it with something else.

[@serendipidus8482]

I mean you're still taking nicotine. Which increases your stroke risk etc... youre still an addict ...

[@bigmac786]

agreed, still addicted to nicotine but much less harmful (still not great I know), cheaper, and I can breathe again. Snus 100%

[@DwipFromNabadwip]

In India🇮🇳, we call this Khaini. Some companies, like ‘Chaini Khaini’ and ‘Cool Lip,’ sell this type of product. It is especially popular among labor-class people.

[@lincslegend6936]

I used to smoke, then i vaped. Took me ages to give up smoking and took me to some dark places trying to do so. However giving up vaping for me was even harder. Eventually i managed it, i still occasionally crave it but as times gone by ive learned that giving in to the cravings would be way worse than just dealing with them mentally. I used to smoke or vape to destress etc but once you quit ive realised that the vaping or smoking was the reason why things felt stressful. For those trying to give up, stick with it. The first few weeks are the worst. Getting back to the gym for me really helped me kick the habit.

[@piggysister01]

Hey, well done for quitting! 🎉

[@wezking3000]

@@piggysister01 I've been vaping for like 18 years and I vape so much it makes stuff like shopping a load of stress!!! How did you quit?!?!?!?!

[@DominiquevonF]

They help me I stopped smoking. Use approximately 5 a day. I am grateful for this product.

[@ShadowyFigure83]

A bit like me quitting smoking heroin & then popping Vicodin & Percs all day....problem solved lol

[@AliCoxMusic]

😂🤦🏻‍♂️ well it’s a step in the right direction! All the best to you, stranger from the internet!

[@BrianHayden-ee7pg]

More like taking kratom instead of heroin

[@Jack-u2j3v]

People literally do this ever heard of methadone or subetex

[@studioq4560]

Blud never heard of harm reduction before 😂

[@lapetusX]

bergamott is a small green citrus fruit and they use the oil in earl grey

[@serendipidus8482]

I love bergamot limes

[@jamieholmes6087]

Tea, Earl Grey. Hot.

[@chaycunningham1999]

Bergamot is a nice essential oil like lemongrass... Orange...

[@itzlippy2967]

Been using nicotine pouches for 2 years they helped me quit vaping which I used to to quit smoking… the point is in my opinion they are a safer alternative to smoking and vaping so don’t ruin it for us the ones who use them as intended

[@Heneling]

you've simply moved from one addiction to another, your health is still being seriously affected no matter what nicotine product you use. Nicotine has drastic affect's on the nervous system, it causes various type of heart disease as well as narrowing of the arteries and it also causes liver failure after extended use.

[@veronicakidziak8991]

Talking about it like you do need it to literally live lol you dont need any of this shit but trying to build some self control , there is a way out of any addiction the clue is to build a strong mind of controlling your habits and choices, persuading new way of living and adapting into it

[@studioq4560]

@@Henelingstop waffling

[@Heneling]

@@studioq4560 nicotine is hazardous to human health. This is a proven fact, I would love to see where you got your info from

[@nathannaderi8633]

@HenelingNicotine is actually beneficial to the nervous system, there are like countless studies about it mummy. Nicotine in and itself is not bad, the delivery mechanism is bad. The problem with every single quitting campaign is that it’s mostly run by uneducated morons who don’t know what they’re talking about and when the average guy listens to them it sounds more like propaganda than a statement of facts, your comment is a perfect example of that.

[@heihvyegs]

I have been thinking about trying snus as a way to manage stress. I don’t smoke or anything but sometimes I’m really stressed and I know it (nicotine) exists as an option. So I am tempted to smoke or something. But I’ve avoided it thus far. Now I’m thinking about these as a safe alternative. But the professor is saying there’s an association between stopping nicotine and improved mental health. So I don’t know if I want to find out. Most people would take up drinking alcohol in my position. But I don’t drink and my parents are both alcoholics. So I tend to assume something genetic will make me an alcoholic too if I drink “socially”

[@ducky169]

Becoming an addict is not a smart choice as a hobby. The high is not worth the low. Just as with alcohol. Get into a sport or archeology, history, anything like that works much better as a stress relief. In short- DONT. Nicotine is toxic

[@kittyroars8758]

Absolutely agree with the comment above. Addiction is no joke.

[@RobertBoyle11]

Wouldn't recommend it. It'll cause an imbalance. You'll end up with cravings when it wears off, as in a "dip" in mood. If you already have mental health difficulties you'll probably want to avoid I as you'll feel low in mood once it wears off.

[@Banana87887]

Nicotine won’t do anything to help you manage stress. Kind of crazy that you think it will? You’d be best off trying some exercise x

[@MrEpsilonZero]

Don`t be silly, why pick up a nicotine habit/addiction if you don`t have one. If you were to replace cigarettes with pouches then it would make sense.

[@JamieLofthouse]

There are studies and more studies and some contradict each other. One older study found nicotine had a mild antipsychotic effect in mental health patients which went on to argue that is why so many with mental illness smoke.

[@thegamefanaticshow]

I think that it is safe to say personal accountability is completely vacant in today’s society.

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

It's only vacant because governments let it be. There are always sociopaths who don't give a shit about others. Making them face consequences is always the key.

[@saulmackie5988]

These are quite good for discreet or handsfree stimulation. Eg the football, or driving, at work etc

[@melissabushill3005]

I’ve had Nordic sprit advertised to me on here. I just thought it was some fancy flavoured water drink. Now I know what it is and it’s not what I expected! It was so hard for me to quit smoking in 2006 I will never go back to smoking, vaping and now this highly addictive drug!

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

Nicotine addiction sucks. I gave up cigarettes, gave up vaping, but now I'm spending about £50 a month on nicotine lozenges!!!!

[@TomNook.]

You are known to capitalists as a cash cow

[@internetoldie]

Just go cold turkey man, its 3 days of pain for a lifetime of gain - love from an ex pack a day smoker.

[@SuzylondonUK]

😂😂😂😂 oh lord

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

@@TomNook. I am🤣😅😭

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

@@internetoldie I'm trying it right now. Sick of throwing money down the toilet!!!

[@berniebanders3393]

Yet you still smoke cigarettes? Sounds like an ad for big tobacco.

[@LoveTotingStrap]

Literally thats probs what it is

[@muhamedd]

What the doctor said about the mental health and nicotine I totally agree there. I have smoked in the past and now switched to nicotine pouches but I've quit smoking many many times for months and my mental health was soo much better! I didn't know I could feel so many more things when I smokes and now that I switched to nicotine pouches I dont feel much more different after more than 3 months. I use 3 to 4 pouches max a day.

[@larryjonn1973]

Quitting nicotine was the best decision I ever made with my life, as soon as you've done the same you will feel this way too. It can seem difficult at first, but it gets easier as the days go by and the longer you've not used nicotine the easier it becomes. The main driver is that you need to, want to quit, because as soon as you consider quitting, like, really sit down and think about it, then you'll have in your mind the goal / target to aim for and the reason for deciding to quit and you'll succeed. There is no better time than the present to kick off the process and start to think about quitting, you owe it to yourself to be the best version of yourself you can be.

[@wezking3000]

I've been vaping for like 18 years and it's a big BIG addiction! I tried one of the ZYN XX-Strong a few weeks ago and it hit hard I had to stop driving felt like I was gonna pass out! Now I'm using the ZYN x-strong they have 11mg Nicotine in and I'm just using sometimes when I have to do stuff like shopping when I can't vape or loads of housework etc... Did you just completely quit vaping and use nicotine pouches?!?!?!

[@samuellewis4042]

I remember going to Boardmasters festival in Newquay a few years ago and they were giving these snus pouches out for free to anyone that signed up by email, they had a big advert stand in the centre of the festival. I just remember thinking how unethical it was in fact i spoke to the worker, i didnt berate him as he was just doibg his job but I just said that it would be very wrong to be giving out marlboro cigarettes for free in the middle of a festival to advertise marlboro, because in reality there is very little difference in it, morally.

[@james8989]

my dad told me about when he was in HS marlboro and camel stands were up in his HS, i think some were sign something and get a carton of cigs. dad was already a smoker by then but still lol

[@alexjames6629]

there’s a massive difference 😭smoking kills you in a number of ways, these are addictive but aren’t bad for ur health expect gum recession. it’s more on par with advertising haribos

[@myredpencil]

Yes, tobacco companies used to give out free cigarettes. That's how my mom, who just passed away at 90, started smoking at 13. She worked in a diner & the cigarette guy would bring in little 3-cigarette samples, so in the beginning she'd smoke 2 or 3 a day, but of course increased. Both my parents as well as my stepmom all quit smoking successfully.

[@harryhairo7272]

I went to a festival and they were giving out free elfbars smh

[@isobelR1618]

Apparently smoking 10 cigs at once is lethal because the nicotine peak is too high - it drops rapidly, hence when chain-smoking one after the other it gets the chance to drop. Be so careful please, your heart only has so many beats ❤️🙏💯

[@Omar_RTS]

quick upper decky w the boys

[@FightingForAnimals-Jean]

Shout out to that legend with 4 upper and lower deckies

[@TrevUk]

​@@FightingForAnimals-Jeanpack them gums 😂

[@lilthumper7780]

nothing better

[@konradvonmarburg7733]

I use Zonnic, which is the only brand available for sale in Canada. The problem is that the highest strength available is 4mg, and as a former smoker, that barely cuts it. I can get Swedish brands higher in nicotine if I order through a British website, but then I have to pay shipping and taxes at the border- which gets expensive.

[@CT-pv9gu]

I’ve got a Nordic Spirit pouch under my top lip right now. I can’t even tell if they’re addictive or not, but they definitely aren’t as bad as vaping.

[@riekeltpost16]

I've been smoking for 7 years. When vapes became popular, they didn't help me quit smoking. Now I use nicotine pouches, and they help me a lot!

[@CT-pv9gu]

Nicotine pouches don’t even stimulate me, they make me feel sedated.

[@Galactic_rats]

I’m using them to help curb vaping and so I can use them in the office, on a train or other public transport. I only use 6mg which is less then the 10mg vape juice I use as well.

[@Heneling]

don't make excuses, just stop. excuses will get you absolutely nowhere

[@beanymanwalks]

Spearmint nordic spirit. Love it.

[@ethenolRiCH]

best flavour

[@Mightbeyourdad]

Spearmint only way to go. Sold out everywhere around me though 😂😂

[@ericiidx]

I'm not sure why this video conflates snus with nicotine pouches, as they are wholly different products; no more similar than cigarettes are to vapes. Snus is a reasonably organic product made of pasteurized tobacco and food-grade flavor/aroma additives, regulated by the Swedish National Food Agency as a food product. Nicotine pouches are a synthetic mystery all the way down. With that said, I agree that these nicotine pouch brands are definitely trying to market to teenagers, with their brightly-colored packaging and edgy, catchy names such as "Killa" and "Dope". It's unethical and needs to stop, but some corporations only see dollar signs...

[@TastyChickenWing]

Agreed. Literally less than a minute into this video that mistake is made

[@myredpencil]

It's also the agitation of lots of nicotine that can feel like stress, not only the cravings, but indulging heavily is stressful to the body. I'm a lifelong nicotine user & pouches tore up my gums! I don't use the fabric-wrapped pouches anymore, & I felt like a lot of the irritation was from the fabric itself.

[@nickshillito1170]

26m here. Vaping got me off smoking, and nicotine pouches got me off vaping. I've been using Nic pouches for a few months now with no negative affects apart from occasional irritated gums and a bigger hit to my wallet than vaping! I haven't had a single hit of vape since I started using pouches.

[@mrsmokingskittles148]

Yeah exactly the same here lol I wonder what will be the next nicotine invention to get me off pouches 🤣

[@vahlte]

In Norway marketing snus and nicotine pouches is just as illegal as marketing cigarettes. The boxes are standardised as dark green ones, with a health warning and no cool fonts or logos. That may be the way to go for the US and the UK, but I hope the fear of something new doesn't lead to their prohibition. All white snus, but snus in general too, is safer than smoking, and in Sweden and Norway smoking amongst young people is almost unheard of. While their trendiness and the organic marketing through social media is a sad development, their existence isn't anywhere near the same kind of evil as smoking.

[@moistressVT]

I tried nicotine pouches a couple times because I was like "hey they are cheaper than cigarettes, come in bigger nicotine amounts, and I'm not inhaling". Ended up getting nic sick(6mg pouches, I usually vape 6mg in an RDA), tossed the package both times after 1-2 pouches and back to vaping. I don't wanna demonize something if it legitimately helps someone get off cigarettes, but I am also concerned about the long term effects of taking such high doses via buccal absorption where you can easily just pop a new pouch every 30-45min vs having to go outside to smoke a cigarette or take a few puffs off a vape. However, I do stand by that cigarettes need to be fully banned at some point, and we need to also ban disposable vapes if only due to the massive e-waste. We also need to sort out the issue of minors and/or non-smokers getting into vaping and nicotine pouches. I don't care too much about consenting adults doing something harmful to their health, but when minors are involved it becomes a different issue.

[@bladesmilitariauk5013]

This documentary is incredibly misleading. The presenter keeps referring to snus as the synthetic nicotine pouches that are not linked to cancer & do not contain tobacco but snus is the tobacco version, the synthetic version is just a nicotine pouch that if taken in moderation has many health benefits including increased focus, alertness & & motivation due to the nicotine causing & increase in dopamine.

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Not entirely true. Nicotine binds to haemoglobin, therefore it decreases oxygenation, leading to poor wound healing and reduced cellular health. It also raises blood pressure, which puts extra load on the heart, and increases the risk of heamorrhagic stroke.

[@StephenA92]

@@johnschlesinger2009 Not sure where you're getting your facts from, but half of those are to do with smoking tobacco and the carbon monoxide, and not to do with the nicotine.

[@samwiseknows]

I got hypertension 2 from nicotine pouches, the strength of these pouches is insane compared to normal cigs

[@Metaworldwide]

Tobacco PR agent: Quick purchase documentary on C4 to show the dangers of the healthier alternative.

[@Amberle38]

You're not very bright are you? They're literally owned by the same companies.

[@debs8002]

Yeah, exactly, for example Camel cigarettes and Nordic snus are owned by the same company, Japan Tobacco International. And, they promote the snus they sell as a positive thing - a 'reduced risk product'

[@Metaworldwide]

@@Amberle38 Lucy, Frē, NIIN, Juice Head. All independent. Sorry NLP doesn't work on me.

[@Heneling]

And also show the dangers of tobacco....

[@TomNook.]

This video will trigger all the Swedes

[@Heneling]

hopefully they dont go into cardiac arrest

[@maddisevski]

These are the only things that have properly got me to quit smoking

[@Roybatty443]

I didn’t know anything about it til I watched this. Think I might try some now

[@tim6398]

😂

[@robgilbert4556]

Look up the Harvard study that proved that nicotine is not addictive . It’s the additive in cigarettes and dip or tobacco pouches . The study was 2015 . The additive is called purazine. It’s a sugar that causes the addiction. Phillip morris bought Swedish match . Sure they are adding the additive for addiction. Harvard study proved that nicotine isn’t addictive or carcinogenic. It the additive big tobacco added to get smokers addicted in the 70’s

[@robgilbert4556]

Also look up Bryan Ardis nicotine and covid

[@Neo-RSA007]

I started using pouches 5 days ago and I don't crave cigarettes now. I'm planning to stick with medium to mild until my 4 tins runs out. Then it's me against the world. I have stopped smoking in this 5 days and I will continue to quit smoking until I punch in my ticket. Pouches helped me more than I ever thought. I know this pouches are dangerous.

[@techarch8851]

Hope you managed. I stopped trying to quit

[@RealMaxMura]

4:50 Yes, while a single cigarette might have 11mg to 12mg of nicotine, only 10-15% of that, or 1-2 mg nicotine gets absorbed. On the other hand, the starting doses of nicotine pouches are usually 3mg , 6mg and up … whereby a lot more gets absorbed. Even though the Channel 4 journalist was a smoker, she almost guaranteed herself an awful first experience by starting with the highest 4-dot strength. For a non-smoker, even a 3 mg 1-dot nicotine pouch the first time can be too much and wise to leave it in for less than a minute or two at most.

[@reganlouisegavag9424]

Thanks for letting me know I could get free samples you fools

[@manlikegus238]

Haha I laughed when she mentioned that, you really couldn’t make this up lol

[@fionagregory9147]

I am an ex smoker and a lot healthier now. No need to take these stupid things.

[@plotment9098]

This makes a really good advert to snus.

[@jonboymk1bridgemaryfront889]

My younger 18 yrs old self, thinking "were do I get hold of these products!?" beats smoking

[@paddy1144]

It is not legal to sell them to kids, what are you talking about?

[@Heneling]

same with vapes, but kids still get their hands on them. she is trying to highlight that despite the regulations nothing is being done to combat the illegal and underage use of nicotine

[@CT-pv9gu]

Everyone needs to listen to what that doctor says. People with bad mental health turn to nicotine, and when you quit nicotine your mental health improves. This should tell us everything you need to know. I’m addicted and it sucks. To anyone thinking of starting - don’t. It’s a serious addiction.

[@HeathenryRS]

Been using this for 10 years. I've had no problems.

[@dt937]

Don't tell the big cigarette companies that buddy...

[@PorkysnewTeeth]

I've been gambling 21 years and I'm still not addicted

[@HeathenryRS]

@@PorkysnewTeeth go for 30

[@Heneling]

this must be a joke lmao

[@myredpencil]

How are your gums? Do you want to keep your teeth?

[@Steve-cd1me]

Far out we don't have that problem in new Zealand, we have a vaping problem in nz. Tapes make you smoke way more than a cigarette.

[@Steve-cd1me]

Vapes I ment.. dam phone.

[@manlikegus238]

This documentary is a joke lmao! Poor journalism. You may as well take up smoking cigarettes. 20:18. I’m 32 years of age. Started smoking at 17. Vaped for about 5 years as an alternative to smoking, but have now been using just the pouches, for the last 2 years. I haven’t put anything in my lungs since I started using Nicotine Pouches. I use at least 5 pouches a day with the strength being 9mg. Compare to the negatives, I reap the positive benefits that comes with nicotine as part of my day to day routine. In fact, why is this lovely journalist not talking about the possible health benefits that come with nicotine? Why is she not making the viewers aware it’s a neurotropic and maybe start from there? Anyone who uses anything stronger than 13mg is asking for it in my opinion but come on. 150mg strength should be banned. Nicotine isn’t the issues, it has always been the delivery system and just like every other stimulant , it’s how much and how strong you actually decide to consume.

[@firstlinepods]

Another article on Nicotine Pouches which is pretty much negative when they should be showing positive light on Nicotine Pouches because it can save lives

[@stocktonjoans]

stop talking bollocks

[@ampmskm]

That's called KHAINI in Nepal and India .. It cost around Rs 30 ( 0.25 cents ) for 20 pouches

[@hamedawg8873]

Ngl while watching this and they explaining nicotine effects from snus I can literally imagine the feeling on myself and then of you taking too much and the withdrawals afterwards with the anxiety

[@ivandansigmun3891]

helped me to quit vaping

[@Metaworldwide]

Vaper here, have you just subtituted for these or did they work on giving up completely?

[@ausernamethatmeansnothing]

Why did you want to quit vaping? Recently swapped from smoking, massive improvement for me

[@Haych_Q]

@@ausernamethatmeansnothing Because you'll die of some mysterious cancerous disease in 20 years when they realise vaping is fucked 🤣 like they did with smoking

[@vickythefist7062]

​@@ausernamethatmeansnothing me too started on 18 mg down to 1 mg .planning to completely quit in next 2 months . Was really easy and I was a real heavy smoker for 30 years 😂 if I can do it anyone can

[@ivandansigmun3891]

They helped with the craving of withdrawal. After a week I was craving free. Job done

[@5688gamble]

If you were going to use two pouches at once while still smoking and do it more times a day than reasonable, I am sorry, but I don't see how you wouldn't chew two pieces of gum (or lozenges, oral or nasal spray or use way too many patches) a day and continue smoking, nicotine is nicotine. Doesn't matter if it's snus or him, it is the same dog being absorbed in the same way. Flavour is only part of the equation, might help for smokers but him non smokers. But hey, I can buy the world finest and most addictive stuff, alcohol, in a wide array of flavours and strengths in almost an my store, even mixed with caffeine, and nobody goes mad about that! Do you know how big of a problem alcohol is in the his country? Why is it that we allow "responsible" adults to choose from as many flavours of alcohol as there are soft drinks, but snus is evil? You know what else causes oral cancer? Alcohol! Liver damage, high blood pressure, kidney damage, brain damage, vitamin deficiency, heat attack, stroke, pancreatitis, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, death by stupidity. Alcohol is easily worse than snus, and underage drinking was extremely common when I was at school, it was easy to obtain (so were other drugs for that matter) a girl in my biology class feel and caused extensive injuries to her face. We are a nation addicted to alcohol, yet it is advertised everywhere and widely glamorized in the media, pushed as essential to any social occasion or holiday as if being drink is in any way fun when you analyse the experience objectively, why not do away with all alcohol that tastes of anything other than alcohol? Make drinking less appealing? But no, alcohol gets a free pass, the real problem is me smoking a joint or buying some and custard flavoured e-huice or berry flavoured snus because kids can obtain it, apparently obtaining alcohol is an acceptable risk. Massive double standard!

[@acex222]

For the people who don't develop dependency, nicotine is a superdrug. Tobacco is carcinogenic, and so cigarettes are bad - Nicotine is not a carcinogen. Who's paying for this propaganda?

[@blindhipshaker6409]

Real snus from Sweden is made from tobacco however the way they cure is. by pasteurisation. They steam cure the tobacco. This removes the nitrosamines the nasty chemicala that cause cancer. Swedish Snus highly regulated and is 95% safer than smoking yet it is banned outside of Sweden. The idea of snus was stolen and nicotine pouches were invented to get around the Snus prohibition. Nic pouches are a poor imitation of Snus.

[@Heneling]

Nicotine has catastrophic effects on the nervous system and liver, it also causes multiple different types of heart disease and narrows the arteries. This information is widely known and should not be surprising, there are no health benefits of nicotine

[@getitoutofme]

Nicotine notably increases your blood pressure and can cause hypertension and damage to your vasculature. In the time period between cigarettes/pouches, it's also been shown that users become far more irritable, emotionally volatile, depressed and anxious than if they weren't taking nicotine. You're also more likely to binge eat in the time period between nicotine doses. The reason you feel so good having nicotine is because you feel so terrible when you don't have it if you're dependent, which is very likely because it's a highly addictive substance. It's definitely not a "super drug" as it is not good for your nervous system, vascular system or mental health long-term.

[@benbaccas939]

Loved these.

[@Dan-is2qk]

My mates mum used to get these in from Sweden regularly when I was about 14/15. Tho they were great they were never a substitute for cigarettes. We just used to use them when we were in scenarios where we couldn't smoke, mainly school lol. We could never understand why they were banned. Anyways I've since cut out nicotine completely, don't vape/ smoke or use snus, so I wasn't really looking out for nicotine products but you can imagine my surprise when I started to see these little circular pots being displayed in the corner shops on my high street lol. Didn't tempt me tho, feeling bad for all the kids to whom this is now readily available, popular and just another thing to fuck up their health. But we all kinda gotta do it and learn from our mistakes unfortunately :/

[@sb_2378]

I use it strictly for studying and lucid dreaming. Have some self control.

[@CLOCKCHASER2222]

Just advertised it to loads, I might start these myself get rid of the vape 😂

[@DJ.ShawZzZ]

Exactly what I did, never tried these before this video, dashed the e-cig, shoved the creamy latte velo in 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@StephenA92]

Also, stop calling nicotine pouches Snus. It is not Snus. No one calls vapes "non-tobacco cigarettes".

[@catmay6677]

They are snus though, they're called "white snus" in Sweden where they originated, so if anything they should be calling them white snus and not nicotine pouches

[@Beckyphillips93]

Woah never heard of this. So glad I managed to quit smoking 5 years ago. Was the hardest thing I have ever done though.

[@glendathegoodbiatch]

Same. Took me two years to not feel my life was over 😁 never again

[@bethany-aliciatipping-ball4096]

It’s pronounced “snoos”. And it’s really difficult to know how much of it is actually being absorbed into the bloodstream. Plus your gums will disintegrate, if you don’t get cancer first.

[@MANIC3420]

NGL, this has made me wanna try it, i'd never heard of it 😂

[@ShadowyFigure83]

Same & I'm an ex smoker. Just one litte try...lol

[@MANIC3420]

@ShadowyFigure83 I've ordered a free sample of the nordic spirit frosty mint in extra strong. Don't even smoke 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShadowyFigure83]

@@MANIC3420 Carefu Mate! , you'll most likely get really strong Nausea from the full strength because of zero nicotine tolorance. It's happened to me messing around with Nicotine Patches once, I stuck one on each arm & I almost puked. lol

[@MANIC3420]

@@ShadowyFigure83 I'm a big boy don't worry lol

[@kittyroars8758]

Wow this was shocking. I wasn't even aware they existed! I'm a non-smoker/non vaper but have a grown up child that smokes and wants to quit . I'll be warning him of the dangers of Snus.

[@5688gamble]

Warn him if alcohol while you are at it! A hard drug that is heavily marketed, comes in bright packaging of all shapes with fancy designs and in any flavour you like. A drug that is a class-1 carcinogen and leaves no organ undamaged, even light use impacts your quality of life massively, without you even knowing.

[@telstar32]

But this is not a new product. They’ve been around in the UK since the 80s… BBCs That’s Life programme ran a campaign to try and ban them way back in the early 80s.

[@labt8194]

I've never smoked but after a trip to Sweden I was hooked and was on these for 2 years and I loved them and miss them everyday but I am 2 months clean off Nordic Spirit

[@seanohare3509]

You could tell 1 minute into this video this was going to be a standard mainstream media video trying to be edgy on youtube with some random hip hop beats but then confusing snus and just general nicotine pouches. They will always just try to scare monger any subject its laughable at this point.

[@spudgun889]

This is misleading. Selling Nic pouches to under 18s was made illegal in 2023. Sweden has the lowest smoking rate in the world and is classed as a non smoking country. It also has the lowest cancer and cardiovascular disease rates in the western world. There are no proven pier reviewed links to mouth, throat and pancreatic cancer, in fact quite the opposite. I have used, and still use them to quit vaping. I used vape to quit smoking. As with vapes, this is down to the lack of enforcement. The product are still unregulated, however the industry is pushing to self regulate to enable this. Pouches are by for the safest alternative to combustible tobacco. The problem lies within certain unscrupulous retail and distribution sectors who do not care what they sell. My comments are 100% factual and true.

[@serendipidus8482]

While that may be true and I don't doubt the veracity of your comment. Nicotine still increases stroke risk clots etc. And you're still an addict. So it hasn't obviously worked in any way to stop your addiction just the way you administer it. You wouldn't say a heroine addict that bangs up has helped them give up chasing the dragon. 😂 and while a country may not smoke that correlation of that one variable doesn't give a full picture. They also have lots of other variables going on. Whether you smoke vape or stick snus up your bum you're an addict ..you're stroke risk is greater.. and planet of other health and mental health consequences... so I don't think its misleading. And while manufacturers and retailers are complicit the legality that allows that industry which is underregulated and inspected is also complicit. As is ignorance of the public who think vaping is anything other than a different mode of entry.

[@spudgun889]

@@serendipidus8482 tell about mental health issues? I’m intrigued. People (adults) chose to use and enjoy nicotine, and that’s their choice. Yes, I am addicted but so what? That’s my choice. What I’m not doing is using combustible methods of delivery which are, as we all know harmful. So talk to me about the mental health issues?

[@spudgun889]

@@serendipidus8482 and my point on misleading, if you read it again, is about “no legal age requirement”. This is misleading and incorrect.

[@serendipidus8482]

@spudgun889 watch the video they go into the mental harms. And I'm smoking a cigarette right now so don't think I'm judging you. But the whole point of the video seems to have been lost on you. These are kids smoking. Not adults. And no there is no law that prohibits the sale of these products to kids. And yes they are harmful and people are not warned in the same way as cigarettes warn people so that you when you vape or my when I smoke we are making an informed choice kids are not informed the public and yourself are obviously not informed of the dangers and the law around them the point of this film was to educate the public but for some reason it hasn't got through the thick haze around your head.

[@billiemunchen]

The number of ads is really off-putting

[@mumsspaghetti6649]

The whole video is an ad for cigarettes

[@Heneling]

@@mumsspaghetti6649 being told that nicotine has fatal effects on human health should not encourage people to buy cigarettes

[@catherinemorgan2347]

I can’t believe I’m going to type this but this time a year ago I remember seeing a comment about Alan carr’s easy method to quit smoking and it was that comment that pushed me to buy the book and do it and I can safely say it worked! I quit and I have been free of nicotine for most of 2024! I promise it is achievable no matter how you ingest ur nicotine, if you really want to quit nicotine I highly recommend that book

[@blindhipshaker6409]

Just so you know Nicotine Pouches are not SNUS. Snus is a moist tobacco snuff from sweden and nic pouches looks similar and are used in the same way but it not snus.

[@catmay6677]

Snuff isn't the same as snus so you're wrong on 2 counts. Snus includes tobacco, these pouches are called white snus in Sweden because there's no tobacco and are sold as a subcategory of snus in Sweden too.

[@blindhipshaker6409]

​@@catmay6677 snus is the swedish word for snuff. just means milled tobacco. The farmers in sweden hundreds of years ago took european snuff and steam cured it and added fruit flavours.. . They call it snus which is the swedish word for snuff. technically snus is moist snuff. so dont call me wrong i know my history. but nicotine pouches are not snus. white snus is also the wrong word to describe nic pouches because you can get real snus such as General White, which is made with tobacco.

[@l.uke_]

This interviewer sounds like that confused relative who doesn't know what snus is, nor how it's pronounced. If all you can fill a 25 minute documentary with is 'nicotine bad' then you know that nicotine pouches are perfectly fine for you. Will continue sending a little post dinner african sugar glider straight to my upper deck with no worries :)

[@Markle_B]

Anyone else got a snuss in their mouth whilst watching this 🙋‍♂️

[@lucyandthecalm]

why would you want to be addicited to anything full stop, people think , please ... , if your and addicted already it might be a way to come off the drug but its no way to start for sure , as an ex smoker i used vaping to start quitting and taken the mg down to nothing then my own will to quite completely (if there was a similar out look for this it could work and sure has for some) the drug does not infact calm you down it increases your heart rate and blood pressure it tricks you into thinking your calm and that you need to be calm hence the additive dangers and side effect of the drug , don't start and don't give in to peer pressure with any drugs, do your own research and don't trick your self into a world of copping , stay classy , stay safe

[@Sympls]

You’ve clearly never struggled with addiction if you think people ‘want’ to be addicted

[@dovestone_]

There are many factors including genetic pre-disposition to addiction for some people If it was as easy as ‘just don’t do it’ then people wouldn’t

[@serendipidus8482]

Heart rate etc is not the reason for addiction mate. 😂

[@kojo8770]

Nicotine is one of the worst drugs anyone can get addicted too , they claim smoking tobacco is the worst way to receive it , so nothings going to be harmless but surely this is better and even tobacco containing snus ? This isn't new though had a friend using tobacco snus in 2016

[@Johnsmith-rj5gt]

I remember a man doing it in my local pub in 2004.He was snowing it off to everyone

[@acex222]

Nicotine is almost literally harmless

[@5688gamble]

Only alcohol is worse! But it can be bought in any flavour you like, even premixed with caffeine. Wonder why there is no campaign against that?

[@kojo8770]

@@5688gamble Money Talks

[@averyintelligence]

its not nicotine. its the 40,000 other chemicals you find in cigarettes

[@lorenzos2045]

I use a couple per day how these guys popping them by the dozens 😂

[@daanbrakenhoff5206]

Seen boys use them 3 times an hour easily. Pablo frosted mint as well

[@jackirkman179]

10 minutes and so far the worst she can say is it smells bad when she opens the box.

[@MrLaughinggrass]

Snus is a wonderful product that saves lives. Stop attacking it and making a moral panic, no worse for you than caffeine!

[@bishyeahbish3758]

Snus isn't even sold in the UK we only have nicotine pouches....there's a difference. And its "snoos" not "snuss" (at least get the basics right) A lot of nonsense in this video!

[@rachel.mcgowan]

Yeah. And those tobacco bags she bought are legal and taxed by HMRC.. they're not snus either they're classed as chewing tobacco. More misinformation in the video.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

The “ investigator “ is clueless. Today everyone can investigate anything Nicotine is actually not bad for you. It’s the burning in cigarettes that is bad

[@JonnyMorgan18]

After 20 years of smoking then vaping I quit vaping for 2 years. After feeling stressed I started again. The first day I started back my concentration was so sharp it was amazing. Off nicotine I can't focus on anything for long. I heard that some people with ADD have this effect, nicotine has it's uses.

[@Mounhas]

4 cigarettes a day, hardly a problem statistically speaking.

[@Umerkhan2.0]

I have been using Velo/ZYN/SHERO, etc. for a year, and believe me, I have become something I can't even describe. Anger, irritability, loss of sleep, lethargy, and lack of focus-it's all gone. I mean, I am begging you, don't use nicotine pouches. Smoke one or two cigarettes a day, but stay away from this stuff. My life is being ruined by it. ( Pakistan)

[@ripper497]

Why does this have music playing while she talks and and flashing lights constantly going across the screen? If this is supposed to be a serious warning then why is it trying to be so cool? Are they trying to induce seizures and migraines? I made it 5 mins in and I have no idea half of what was said. It needs a flash warning .

[@anony-mousex]

She's surprised that the strongest 4 dot pack burnt her lips and didn't feel good? Thats like someone who doesnt drink going into a pub and buying a pint of vodka... of course they wont have a good time

[@Minimalistic-mima]

the music is distracting from what your trying to say

[@Mat0305]

I've seen premier league footballers handling and putting these pouches near their lips, I wondered what they was and googled but all I could find was a type of menthol smelling salts in sachets. I've been educated now