The Dose 20:56 What do I need to know about recreational nicotine products?

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They come in brightly-coloured tins with flavours like tropic breeze and berry frost, and in most of the country, they're sold at convenience stores. If you don't look closely, you might mistake them for gum or candy.

Nicotine pouches, under the brand Zonnic, are the latest nicotine product to be approved for sale in Canada. Earlier in March, Health Minister Mark Holland vowed to crack down on their sale to young people.

Despite the product's claim that it's a nicotine replacement therapy and not intended for those under 18, experts say youth are fast becoming their main market — and that raises troubling questions about how young people's health could be affected.

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