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I-Team

I-Team: Teens & Tobacco – Thursday at 6PM

By Garrett Hottle

Published February 24, 2026 3:53 PM

COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) - It's an increasing trend amongst teens, and you may have seen it yourself. People trading out the pack of cigarettes or the dip can for a box of nicotine pouches.

Right now, the FDA is reviewing whether to allow "Zyn" to market themselves as a safer alternative to cigarettes, but what do parents need to know and what do kids need to know?

News Channel 3's Garrett Hottle will have more in his I-Team Investigation: Teen & Tobacco. Watch the special report Thursday at 6PM.

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