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by cma 16 days ago
Lots of podcasts advertise them, I think Tucker Carlson, one of the biggest podcasts in the world, has his own brand or promotion deal. I don't know if he is popular with young adults or still has his fox news demographic.

It's much easier to control dose and taper off than cigarettes. Doesn't seem that much worse than something like coffee. I think it has some heart risks, but gets rid of the cancer risk of cigarettes and dipping.
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asdff 16 days ago
Podcasters are willing to chirp for whatever pr department will pay them a couple grand for a segment. Doesn't mean that chirping is effective really.

I bet tucker carlson's support has converted exactly zero users towards these products. I still think they are sold basically on their own merits and from the fact they are in every gas station and convenience store on the planet at this point, and people really want to use nicotine because again, stimulants have a lot of merits and utility for people.

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cma 11 days ago
It's TBP's fastest growing brand, 50/50 joint venture with Carlson. Mostly sold online, not in stores, lending towards podcast promotion over seeing in a convenience store. I'm not talking about the whole nicotine pouch trend here, I'm just responding to the claim here that he's driving 0 sales, and before to the claim nicotine pouches aren't heavily marketed.

For mass TV advertising etc. you don't see it a ton because of pretty heavy restrictions (not as strict as tobacco which is completely banned).

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thin_carapace 16 days ago
coming from a big supporter of smoking, downplaying the addictive nature of nicotine is insidious of you; most people have no idea what sort of a demon it can become. its also insidious of you to state that pouches 'get rid of the cancer risk' considering that any nicotine product very much does have a cancer risk.
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cma 16 days ago
> considering that any nicotine product very much does have a cancer risk.

Source? The carcinogens are from other parts of tobacco than nicotine. Pouches are newer, but nicotine gum and patches have been studied for years.

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thin_carapace 16 days ago
I admit error and must have conflated cancer from tobacco pouches with cancer from nicotine pouches
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