It’s Time for the Progressive Nanny State to Back Off of Tobacco-Free Nicotine

January 29, 2024 by realclearhealth.com

It’s Time for the Progressive Nanny State to Back Off of Tobacco-Free Nicotine

In their latest attack on personal freedom and individual liberty, progressive New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is hard at work pitting working-class Americans against the elite establishment with his attack on Zyn. Zyn is a popular tobacco-free nicotine product that’s widely used by the type of blue-collar men and women I was proud to represent for years in Congress. Zyn is dangerous, Schumer claims, because he believes it’s being aggressively marketed to kids via social media. To be clear, the legal age to use any tobacco and nicotine products, including Zyn, is 21. [...]


18.30% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 48.7 million current smokers in United States 21.60% of men are current smokers but only 15.20% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR


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