Pakistan Nicotine-Pouch Surge Brings Harm Reduction Hope in South Asia

Regional (South Asia) rather than India-specific. Reports a rapid rise in oral nicotine pouch use in Pakistan as a substitute for traditional smokeless tobacco products, which cause hundreds of thousands of deaths across South Asia annually. Argues governments should support this kind of product substitution rather than pursue abstinence-only tobacco policy, pointing to Sweden, the UK and Japan as precedents.