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# Nicotine pouch use in US youth: flavours and convenience linked to more frequent use
- URL: https://www.coios.me/nicotine-pouch-use-in-us-youth-flavours-and-convenience/
- Published: 2026-10-31T11:07:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-01T07:06:43.000Z
- Description: US youth who tried nicotine pouches mostly cited experimentation, but flavours, convenience and feeling addicted were tied to frequent use.
- Author: Daniel Ryan
- Tags: Behavioural science, Smoking and vaping, United States, #peer-reviewed, #new, #item, #source-2026-10, #score-55

This study used the 2025 Monitoring the Future survey, in which 484 US youth (6.1%) reported ever using nicotine pouches. Experimentation (32.3%) and nicotine buzz (30.5%) were the commonest reasons, while quitting smoking (6.2%) and feeling addicted (2.1%) were rare. Citing flavours, convenience or feeling addicted was linked to past 30-day use (prevalence ratios 1.50-2.35). These reasons were also linked to more days of use (incidence rate ratios 1.60-2.55). Experimentation was linked to fewer days of use (incidence rate ratio 0.42). Reasons overlapped with e-cigarettes, but that comparison used subsamples of only 57 frequent pouch users and 397 frequent vapers.

*Why it is interesting: Regular pouch users and regular vapers in this survey gave similar leading reasons: relaxation, convenience, nicotine buzz and flavours. Flavours and convenience were tied to both current use and frequency of use.*

Source

[Pediatrics, 26 October 2026](https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2026-076821?ref=coios.me)

Paper

Reasons for Nicotine Pouch Use Among US Youth: 2025

Authors

Chang YC, Cho J, Bae D, Harlow AF, Sanchez LM, Han DH et al.

DOI

10.1542/peds.2026-076821

Type

Peer-reviewed article

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of the nationally representative 2025 Monitoring the Future survey; 484 US youth reporting ever nicotine pouch use, with comparison to 397 regular e-cigarette users

Verdict

New finding

Driver

[Smoking and vaping](https://www.coios.me/d-smoking-vaping/)

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[Free copy in a repository (published version)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13705624/pdf/nihms-2198751.pdf?ref=coios.me)