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.

Two years ago, Hunter Ratchford had never heard of Zyn. Today, he is a full-time Zynfluencer. As a college sophomore at Auburn University in Alabama, Ratchford was struggling. “I got very ...

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, ...

He bummed a Zyn nicotine pouch from his roommate in his frat house. It was the first time he had tried nicotine in any form. “After that first one, I was like, ‘That’s good, I need another ...

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.

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, ...

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, ...