The high power nicotine pouch being sold illegally in the UK can inadvertently overdging and damage adolescents and young adults, warning by experts.

Nicotine Pouch – Small pouches that fit under the top lips – are largely irregular and currently there is no law to prevent children from purchasing them.

Trading standard teams in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Dorset have recovered more than 1,500 seizures in the last one year.

The Oxfordshire team stated that it was seeing “significant growth” in illegal versions with possible dangerous levels of nicotine.

The government said that new laws would prevent children marketing nicotine products and was investing £ 30M in enforcement.

During the last 12 months, the Oxfordshire Trading Standards seized more than 900 packets of non-transportation nicotine pouches from retailers and started several criminal investigation.

In the dorset, 844 seizures were done in officers and Windsor and Medenhead 21.

Because the products are quite new, there are no specific rules covering advertising, strength or age restrictions.

Instead, they come under the general product safety rules, which means they need to be clearly labeling in English with safety guidelines.

Jodi Karman, head of the trading standard at the Oxfordshire County Council, said: “Nicotine is a poison, you have to know who to contact, if something is wrong, if something is wrong, what to do if you swallow it. .

“If it is not in English, how do you know how to use it safely?”

He said that he has great doubt of increasing interest in these products, which is from footballers, affected and social media.

A recent study One of the five professional footballers found was using Nicotine Pouch and wanted to leave about half.

Nicotine pouches are low in Great Britain with general use REsearch has suggested about five percent adults and three percent under -18.

Nicotine pouches are often introduced in bright packaging, with attractive tastes more attractive to young users.

They are sometimes informally referred to as ‘SNUS’ – although it is a tobacco product that has been banned in the UK and the European Union since 1992.

While they are less harmful than smoking, they are excessive addictive and are not recommended for adolescents or non-smoking.

Most pouches have six to 20 mg (mg) of nicotine while some products contain 50mg – which is about five times stronger than average cigarettes.

Some illegal pouches claimed to be higher as 150mg nicotine, although the actual levels in tests conducted by trade standards vary.

World Health Organization said that there was there Lack of data on long -term health effects of using nicotine pouches And recommended policy makers should reduce the appeal of the product and get up among the young people.

An GP Rachel Ward in Oxfordshire, warned against buying products not labels in English, that adolescents and youth can be brought into contact with the dangerous levels of nicotine: “Nicotine is a highly addictive substance, people Compare with other important drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

“Nicotine affects every organ system in our body, it has an effect on the brain, on our heart.

“This is a stimulant that usually will increase your awareness, movement, potential anxiety, physical symptoms such as slightly irritable, coordination, dry mouth, so not usually pleasant symptoms.”

Brett Krundwell, the owner of Triumph Veps at Didkot, said he was removed from Nicotine Pouch, as he experienced a dirty response to one at a trade show: “It was pricking it after 20 seconds Moved to another part of his lips.

“I turned to talk to a friend and was bleeding from my gums.

“I had a sore throat on my gums, where I first placed it and a daughter of my friend, who was at a stand with us, made an attempt and he said ‘I have just gone to the toilet and I This bag was physically ill after trying ‘.

Some major tobacco companies are behind the new nicotine products, which are marketed on young people through free GiveAways in music festivals and programs.

Hazel Czechman, Action on Smoking Health (ASH) Chief Executive Officer said companies were using aggressive marketing strategies, using aggressive marketing strategies to woo less consumers. Tobacco and Wap Bill It was expected later this year.

He said: “Many big brands are owned by tobacco companies and they have been using the playbook a lot that they have used to promote young people for decades to promote cigarettes and have made themselves a new market of youth who Perhaps Don ‘Don’ t smoke but can use these nicotine pouches. “

Two of the largest companies, Japan tobacco international and British American tobacco which are behind brands such as Nordic Spirit and Velo, said that their products were only for more than 18 and welcomed strong rules.

The Department of Health and Social Care said: “SNUS is harmful and illegal to sell in the UK, which is why we are breaking up on illegal retail vendors by increasing funds on high road and on the border.

“Our tobacco and Veps bill will keep us on track for a smoke-free UK and prevent Veps and Nicotine products, including nicotine pouches, from marketing children.”

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