School principals worried about students' use of highly addictive nicotine pouches

The small pouches, which users put inside their lips to obtain a hit of nicotine, fall outside the parameters of Irish laws on tobacco or vapes. File picture: iStock

School principals have expressed concern about highly addictive nicotine pouches being used by students.

Director of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, Paul Crone, said the pouches are based on a Scandinavian tobacco product called snus. The small pouches, which users put inside their lips to obtain a hit of nicotine, fall outside the parameters of Irish laws on tobacco or vapes.