{
  "id": 169046,
  "title": "Nicotine pouches can be marketed as 'lower risk' than cigarettes. Is that dangerous?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/nicotine-pouches-can-be-marketed-as-lower-risk-than-cigarettes-is-169046",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-05T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR Health",
    "slug": "npr-health",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/05/nx-s1-5919626/smoking-fda-nicotine-cigarettes-tobacco"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The FDA allowed some Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as \"lower risk\" than cigarettes. Public health experts agree they can help current smokers, but worry young people may become addicted.",
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        "title": "Nicotine pouches can be marketed as 'lower risk' than cigarettes. Is that dangerous?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/nicotine-pouches-can-be-marketed-as-lower-risk-than-cigarettes-is",
        "published": "2026-08-05T09:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}