Forget disposable vapes, Gen Z loves nicotine pouches now

But as one vice dies, another rises. The telegram from the Gen Z front line (the Blue Posts, Soho) is this — behold the rise of the nicotine pouch. You might have noticed this new, quite foul, little habit: small white bags which contain varying strengths of nicotine which users pick out of sleek-looking circular plastic pots and tuck into their gums. It stays there for 30 minutes, in which time the user looks like they have an ulcer, as the addictive substance releases into the gums for a nicotine rush. When finished they pull it out, soggy, and pop it back into its case.