The Argument For Increasing The Range Of Alternate Flavours

Nathan Chilcott

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The first nicotine pouches were released in 2008; it had been in development since the year 2000! It was created in Sweden by a company called Niconovum and was headed up by Karl Olov Fagerstrom. He’s a well-known nicotine and smoking cessation expert.

Initially, there weren’t alternate nicotine pouch flavours. Your options were tobacco or mint, the same as with cigarettes.

However, it didn’t take long for the nicotine pouch industry to realise that almost any flavour of pouch could be easily made.

This led to an array of nicotine pouch flavours, such as Velo’s Groovy Grape or the Killa Strawberry Cheesecake.

"There really does seem to be something to appeal to everyone. Why then would we need more flavours?”

Build A Tobacco-Free World

Nicotine pouches were introduced to replace cigarettes. Even the tobacco giants could see that increased regulations were going to reduce their consumer base. That meant less profits.

Developing a tobacco-free smoking alternative meant that the tobacco companies could appeal to their customers in new ways and continue to generate huge profits.

That’s just business.

Pouches have been supported by many tobacco harm reduction strategists as a viable way to reduce tobacco intake and save governments millions.

The truth is, nicotine pouches can be addictive. However, they don’t contain tobacco, and it’s burning tobacco that creates thousands of harmful chemicals.

The chemicals created have been linked with causing cancer.

Aiming for a tobacco-free world means less incidents of cancer and other diseases. That’s great for governments and individuals. Nicotine pouches are a step toward that; they allow people to enjoy nicotine with significantly less health risks.

In that sense, the greater the range of flavours the better. Ideally, tobacco harm reduction specialists want everyone to ditch cigarettes, having a nicotine pouch flavour that appeals can help them achieve this goal.

Freedom Of Choice

For a short while, vaping looked set to replace cigarettes. However, there have been links between vaping and respiratory issues. This has led to a need for a vape alternative.

One thing that attracts people to vaping is the array of flavour possibilities.

By increasing the number of nicotine pouch flavours, vapers can be encouraged to switch to the healthier nicotine pouch option.

In short, the increased number of flavours gives every individual the freedom to choose nicotine pouches over vaping or cigarettes.

You can’t force people to give up cigarettes, but you can give them as much choice as possible and hope they freely make the right decision.

Market Regulation

Make something illegal and it will appear on the black market. That’s just life, people want what they can’t have. By increasing the array of flavours it will make it harder for the black market to keep up.

In effect, it will force people to purchase through proper channels, thereby ensuring they are purchasing a genuine, high-quality product.

Summing Up

The simple truth is, as long as there is demand for nicotine pouch flavours more alternate flavours will be created. It allows existing and new suppliers to grab a section of the market.

The fact that this can help people stop smoking and potentially save governments money should be viewed as a bonus.

Alternate flavours increase competitiveness and encourage a free market, what better reason is there?

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