What’s Inside Zyn Nicotine Pouches? We Tested Six Flavors. | WSJ 

Read more about the debate among lawmakers and public health experts in determining if Zyn nicotine pouches are a boon for public health or a threat to children: on.wsj.com/3PZvJRU

They be banning everything except cigarettes. LOL

We dont think zyn is harmful so we needa ban it. We know cigarettes are harmful but we ain't gonna ban it. Big brain logic.

Any politician wanting this off the market is a MAJOR red flag!🚩

The thing that is most dangerous to big tobacco is that every one I know who replaced their habit with Zyn, never went back to tobacco. Many of them also found it easier to quit the Zyn after the switch than quitting other tobacco products.

We've had over 100,000 OD deaths from fentanyl and such per year for a while now, but I'm relieved governments are focused on the real issues like flavored Zyn.

Zyn helped me kick a six year smoking habit within a week. And subsequently quitting zyn after kicking that habit was easy. Thanks Zyn 🙏

Zyn helped me quit a 10 year addiction to chewing tobacco. At my worst I was doing up to a can of dip per day, disgusting. It took about 1-2 years to ween myself using Zyn. Im now coming up on 3 years free of Zyn. Thank you Zyn!

I started smoking since my teenage, got addicted to cigarettes. Spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

I switched from cigarettes to e-cigarettes and then to nicotine gum. Then I slowly stopped the gum. Now I'm tobacco-free over 6 months. Quite happy. These alternatives work.

Chuck Schumer went after Zyn because they forgot to send him a campaign check.

I love that zyn was the ad before the video lol

"Made in fruity flavors" : proceeds to show wintergreen, spearmint, chill, cool, and cinnamon....... bless their hearts

The fact that anyone may think that these are worse than vapes are crazy

Zyn helped me quit a 30 year smokeless tobacco habit, in 2 days.

Really enjoy a video that makes me turn my volume up and down with every clip change. Why is it so hard to keep a constant audio level during editing

As someone who has gone from cigarettes to vapes to chewing tobacco having these the last six years, I have felt so much better. My lungs feel better, my mouth feels better and my energy is even better..

I took a trip to Zynbabwe and never wanted to leave

My nicotine consumption dropped from about 2 packs of smokes per day to 1/2 to 1/4 of a can of 3mg zyn over the course of 2 years. Now I can’t even be around tobacco smoke without feeling sick. Thanks zyn!

I quit vaping and picked up zyn. Zyn isn’t even a fraction of the nicotine I used to get but man I feel so much better. Thanks zyn.

The nicotine pouch discourse is annoying to me. Nicotine chewing gum with fruit flavours was never a problem, why are the pouches? And it's obviously not a lobbying problem from big Tobacco, Philip Morris owns Swedish Match, the largest producer of all things Snus & nicotine pouches and Brittish American Tobacco owns the closest competitor to ZYN, VELO.

"Zyn is not a sin" is probably my favorite Zyn catchphrase.

The stockholders appreciate your cooperation for making this video.

Super positive take! Win. I’ve been off vape for almost a year now since switching to ZYN

Former smoker. I tried vapes, felt worse for my lungs. Tried nicotine gum, didn’t do the trick. Tried dipping, messed up my gums. Tried cold turkey three times, no luck. Zyn? I have a cig maybe once a year and no cravings and am weening myself off no problem. It’s the best alternative out there trust me from someone who’s tried just about everything.

Imagine being mad people aren’t smoking.

Theo Von making an appearance on the WSJ RU-vid page isn't what I expected when I woke up today

How dare you guys show that clip at 3:15, not only did it make me die of laughter but i feel i already know its going to haunt my dreams

Long time Zyn user here that recently quit. I did vape for a year or so then quit. Hopped on Zyn after a couple of years and got hooked pretty badly on them. I only used three a day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with some occasional extras on the weekend if I was feeling it. It was and still is very hard to stay off of them. The cravings only recently went away after multiple relapses. While I totally agree that these are amazing for people that smoke or just wanna quit altogether don’t be fooled into thinking these are not addicting as well. It seems easy at first but man, I see people with those and wanna pop one in or I want to buy a can so much. Mint pouches help me stay off but it’s almost a necessity to prevent me from buying a can of Zyn. The worst part of it all is I just don’t inherently think it’s bad. But there’s just a deep thought inside that can’t imagine it’s GOOD for you as well long term. My advice if you’re a person that has never really messed with nicotine, just stay away. It’s not worth it, the money you waste for a maybe 2 minute buzz just isn’t worth it. Eventually you’ll just get used to it and get like a 5-10 second buzz then you’ll want more and boom, you’re dropping hundreds just to feel something. Lucky for me I limited myself, but I know friends that go through a can a day easily. For those folks that smoke/wanna quit. Do these but wind yourself down from 6s to 3s and quit altogether. They’re very easy, helpful, and I think have a positive impact as long as you QUIT. But that’s a lot easier said than done. Stay safe out there everyone. Careful with these things. I’m still gonna be strong as best as I can.

This is a giant Zyn commercial..😉

Tobacco companies know once a smoker uses smokeless nicotine for awhile they rarely return to smoking. I have vaped for awhile. I now find the smell of burning tobacco repulsive. It stinks. Government needs to sit this one out.

Zyn got me off cigarettes. Now I am 100% off all tobacco and nicotine products for 6 months. THANK YOU ZYN!

I remember 2 years ago buying zyns and using them frequently and getting made fun of because it’s not “real dip” well it’s 10x more healthy and I haven’t smoked in 2 years. Don’t take away zyns

As a Swede with a pouch under my lip, I approve this message

I used these 2020 to quit a 12 year dipping habit. They were awesome, and definitely made the transition to not dipping much easier.

Doesn't cause cancer, is a new rework of an old product that doesn't cause cancer, has helped me and all my buddies quit vaping/smoking, they're fairly cheap, and they're very easy to quit compaired to vapes and ciggies. Don't hate Zyn, hate vapes and ciggies.

Hello everyone. I’m in my mid-40’s and have been a smoker for far too long. I was around 12 year’s old when I smoked my first cigarette. ZYN has helped me tremendously with cutting back on smoking. Currently, I’m down to roughly 2-3 cigarettes a day (sometimes none at all.) At the peak of my habit, I was smoking at least a pack a day. Although I haven’t quit smoking completely, I really feel confident that I will eventually be able to with the help of ZYN nicotine pouches. Take care and I hope y’all have a wonderful day! 😎✌🏻💯

Nicotine increases my resting heart rate by 20-30 bpm and takes my blood pressure to its healthy limits. I live an active life and regularly track these things, it’s remarkable how immediate the spike shows on the data. Emotionally, the nicotine numbs the peaks of my emotions, so I’m never really able to feel happiness, sadness etc to the extents that I know I’m capable of - I just feel kinda muted and always thirsty for more nicotine. Living with that level of compulsive desire can overlap into some of my other decision making and has given me challenges when trying to use good judgement. When quitting nicotine, which I’ve endured maybe a dozen times over the last two decades, I experience 1-2 months of brain fog and tiredness. when I think I’ve finally cut the habit, someone could smoke or vape in front of me and the compulsive desire to ask to partake is still quite strong. I believe fully that once the space for nicotine addiction has been made inside yourself, it never fully heals, so better to just not go there in the first place.

I’ve been a non smoker for 1185 days. 26397 cigarettes not smoked. All because I bought a can of zyn on impulse just over three years ago. This switch has saved me around 6,000$ also.

I smoked cigarettes for almost 15 yrs. This helped me stop smoking.

Used it a few years ago to stop dipping and then because it has different mg strengths i was able to get off nicotine completely. It actually really helped me quit a bad habit. It saved my gums from a lot of damage too

I’ve been debating buying these and now I definitely will

I’ve tried to quit smoking for years, and recently I tried Zyn. Now I’ve quit smoking. Thanks to whoever the kid was that went viral telling people he quit vaping with Zyn!

Was a smoker for 25 years, these little pouches helped me quit that habit.

These helped me quit smoking. I smoked over a pack a day for 35 yrs! I love zyn!

Nice to see it is spreading. Started doing snus at age 14, (scandinavian). 25 years old now, no chance to stop atm, much easier to quit smoking. But here they cost half price of a pack of cigarettes, and are the much healthier option. Wish I never started though :)

Zyn helped my quit.smoking. I love them

I switched from tobacco to Zyn for about 6 months. This help put some distance between the "tobacco experience" and myself while still supplying me with the nicotine portion. Obviously, nicotine is addictive, but an equal part of the addiction is the habit and the routines we have with it. For example, cigarettes and your morning coffee. After I got rid of my routines, I was able to just stop using Zyn and I've been nicotine free for 5 months now.

took long enough for america to get this, been in scandinavia for a generation

Thanks gonna try it!

I quit zyn about a week ago. My blood pressure became a concern for myself after using zyn for well over 2 years. If you haven’t tried Chantix and struggle with nicotine withdrawal I would highly recommend getting on that medication. It has severely helped me through the struggles of quitting cold turkey.

Slight clarification: swedes have been using different forms of snus since at least 1822 when "Ettan" was introduced. Ettan was the first commercial product but snus has most likely been around for much longer

im gonna go buy zyn now. thanks WSJ !

Zyns helped me quit a 7 year vaping addiction. I hate our government. They want to ban everything that is better for us

I didn't know about Zyn but I'm now contemplating on trying them lip cushions.

It's amazing that Chuck Schumer is such a proponent of legalized marijuana but has a problem with this.

I'm near being at the point where I've smoked for half of my life, and switched to these about a month and a half ago and the improvement I've had breathing has been incredible. Using these have made it easier to quit smoking than vaping has.

I love Zyn, was a life changer for me, I used it to quit smoking cigarettes to great success. Been cigarette free for 10 months.

I was able to quit smoking pretty easily using these, feel so much better. Was a pack or more day smoker for years

Best zyn commercial I’ve seen so far

Just recently quit Zyns last week.. Been doing Zyns for the past 2 years. As a 26 year old male, it was giving me hypertension. For perspective: i’m athletic, 5’8” and 170lb. When i was doing the 6mg my resting heart rate would be around 30bpm higher than normal. Sometimes, during physical activity, my heart rate would hit 160-170bpm. I knew it wasn’t sustainable. After quitting I’ve had insomnia for the past week but it’s worth knowing i won’t be giving myself a heart disease i could’ve avoided. Better than smoking? Yes. Good to do? No.

Nicotine patches have been around for literally decades, how do we not have an research about what nicotine alone does to the body? Obviously the burning and presence of actual tobacco leaves is a huge and known carcinogen. But it seems very odd that there isnt more information about the long term affects

zyns helped me quit vaping after 7 years and now i’m leaning off of the zyns too! they’ve been a great thing

What's in Zyn? Nicotine. 😂 What a thorough review.

Actually surprised to see they’ve only recently become popular in the US. You won’t find a lot of teens who haven’t tried pouches in Denmark

Nicotine pouches and the derived versions of it have been around in Sweden for a long time. Great alternative to cigarrettes. You get what you actually want (nicotine) without inhaling anything. Lots of Swedish research has been done on tobacco Snus too, not really finding any strong links to the types of diseases that you can develop from smoking. Nicotine itself hasn't been proven harmful either (in normal doses). What is problematic is quite simple, we know that inhaling anything that is not good clean air is bad for you, it's as simple as that. Having this as an alternative for smoking is fantastic and can greatly help reduce the rates of lung cancer and other problematic diseases.

Zynn has helped so much

My dentist had me switch to Zynn over my dip. I did that for a couple of years and quit all together in February 2022. Haven't dipped or Zynned since.

As someone with asthma who get awful asthma attacks from being exposed to cigarette smoke, I say please use snus and Zyn. Or really, anything that isn't cigarettes. At least here in Sweden, not that many smokes. It's better for everyone!

Not including Freezer Tarps in helping grow Zyn is criminal

Thanks for posting this. Very good article. Thank you.

Helped me quit vaping right away. Love zyn

I have stage 4 COPD at 36 years old and switching to Zyn has saved my life. If you want to know if it's good or bad just ask me im living proof that Zyn is a great product. I don't care who if Tucker is using them or the dahli lama it is keeping me from losing years with my family.

The Zyn you get in Sweden is very different from what is sold in the US. Their pouches are moist and burn slightly when you first put one in, and there is also a disposal tray built into the top of the can. When I came back from Stockholm last year and bought Zyn here in the US I thought I had gotten a bad can.

I’ve been smoking for 17 years. Picked up Zyn as a last ditch effort to quit, after many failed attempts before; this one is working. I’m on day 3 and feeling great. Only issue is, I can’t find Zyn anywhere that has 6mg Spearmint along with many other 6mg flavors. Forced to use cinnamon. But I’ll do it. Just keep them legal pleaseeeeee

Zynn helped me quit smoking. Smoked for 13 years.

@3:08 that guy with whatever you are singing, Must make mom and dad real proud.

Who watching this with an upper decky ?

I quit years of vaping for zyns and I felt so much better

Real news! Good job

I was able to quit smoking because of Zyn. It was very easy to quit Zyn after the conversion, I no longer had to fight the mental addiction and the physical addiction simultaneously.

I have never heard of zyn but now I want to try it

Honestly does anyone know if they’re better for you than vaping/smoking ?

best zyn commercial I've ever seen

Been doing zyn 2 years helped me put down vaping

I was dipping every day since I was 15 and was finally able to quit after 11 years by switching to zyn in December. I’m still addicted to nicotine but I’m not in danger of losing my jaw or dying from cancer. At this point it’s almost on the same level as a caffeine addiction.

Used Zyn to quit cigarettes after 12 years of use. I now use neither! Thank you Zyn!

Just had my first zin pouch and im so fucused . Ive watched all videos on this nicotien pouch topic

I quit smoking after fifteen years, with Zyn. I’m now on the lowest strength available with it, and have been for nearing three years- a single tin of 3mg zyn lasts me 2-3 days, and I’m well on my way to ending that entirely. If you really want to create harm reduction- you wouldn’t attempt to limit it. Tobacco, and nicotine products are already limited to 21+. Pretty ridiculous that you would try to get rid of something that helps, in a much more effective fashion than other smoking cessation goods available.

Zyn is the only product that I’ve seen consistently work to help people quit smoking/vaping. Because the nicotine is ingested rather than inhale, it doesn’t increase addiction and over time can decrease it - this is backed by tons of research for nicotine gum.

Does anyone know what the pouch itself is made of?

It helped me to quit smoking!! i still use it!!!

We have had these in scandinavia, the nordics and the baltics for SO many years now and its just becoming a trend in USA lol.

Man said …OH IT WORKS like it was his first time lol😂

Many of my friends have stopped smoking and started using Zyn or product similar to zyn

My husband was smoking cigarettes since he was 11 and was a chain smoker. Decided to quit at 31 with zyns, he had tried vape but never worked. He quite cigarettes with the help of zyns. He started popping them like candy for over a year and eventually started to get heartburn from it. So he quit zyns as well. And now is 100% free of nicotine and tobacco. Even tho heavy use of zyns eventually caused indigestion issues. Without it I’m not sure he would have ever quit. And quitting zyns was a much easier thing to do than cigarettes. Let’s keep up alternatives to smoking!

I crazy how many people went straight to the comments without actually watching the video 😂

This helped me quit dipping after 30 years. It sucks that CA banned the flavored pouches, those were the most helpful.

Usually don’t like WSJ but this was a very well done and fact driven video👏👏

The only reason i quit smoking was zyn. I use rogue now, same stuff just better flavor and last longer. I thank zyn for helping me.