The tax on pouches is expected to raise $12 million a year for the state; A proposed 50-cent increase in the cigarette tax ...

But the company that makes Zyn argues that taxing pouches will drive Rhode Islanders back to burning tobacco to get their nicotine fix, and cigarettes are much worse for your health than pouches.

And over the past several years, they’ve skyrocketed in popularity.

Speaker Shekarchi says nicotine pouches like Zyn were operating in tax loophole. ... The Other Tobacco Products tax that would be applied to pouches in the budget is 80% of wholesale value, ...

Speaker Shekarchi says nicotine pouches like Zyn were operating in tax loophole. ... The Other Tobacco Products tax that would be applied to pouches in the budget is 80% of wholesale value, ...

But the company that makes Zyn argues that taxing pouches will drive Rhode Islanders back to burning tobacco to get their nicotine fix, and cigarettes are much worse for your health than pouches.

Speaker Shekarchi says nicotine pouches like Zyn were operating in tax loophole. ... The Other Tobacco Products tax that would be applied to pouches in the budget is 80% of wholesale value, ...

Speaker Shekarchi says nicotine pouches like Zyn were operating in tax loophole. ... The Other Tobacco Products tax that would be applied to pouches in the budget is 80% of wholesale value, ...

But the company that makes Zyn argues that taxing pouches will drive Rhode Islanders back to burning tobacco to get their nicotine fix, and cigarettes are much worse for your health than pouches.

Speaker Shekarchi says nicotine pouches like Zyn were operating in tax loophole. ... The Other Tobacco Products tax that would be applied to pouches in the budget is 80% of wholesale value, ...

Speaker Shekarchi says nicotine pouches like Zyn were operating in tax loophole. ... The Other Tobacco Products tax that would be applied to pouches in the budget is 80% of wholesale value, ...