Today, FDA announced the issuance of 119 warning letters to, and the filing of 41 civil money penalty complaints against, brick & mortar retailers that engaged in the underage sale of various flavors of ZYN nicotine pouches between Oct. 2023 and Feb. 2024. https://t.co/F2rcirOC80 pic.twitter.com/xhqvMlmyvG
— FDA Tobacco (@FDATobacco) April 4, 2024
Nicotine is safe and effective, which is why the government has declared war on it.
These people trying to stop you from using nicotine are the same people who tried to force you to take a dangerous experimental gene therapy “vaccine.” They’re the same people who refuse to regulate plastics in everything, and refuse to regulate processed foods.
They don’t care about your health. In fact, they actively try to hurt you.
So why do they want to stop nicotine, unless it’s good for you?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it had issued warning letters and filed civil money penalty complaints against retailers engaged in underage sale of various flavors of ZYN nicotine pouches.
The FDA said it had issued 119 warning letters to brick-and-mortar retailers and had filed 41 civil money penalty complaints seeking more than $55,000 in total for underage sales of flavored ZYN nicotine pouches, including espressino, black cherry, lemon spritz, and cucumber lime.
ZYN nicotine pouches are manufactured by Swedish Match, which is owned by Marlboro maker Philip Morris International. PMI claims that the pouches do not contain tobacco and are inherently smoke-free.
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The FDA said it was illegal for any retailer to sell any tobacco product – including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, and nicotine pouches — to anyone under the age of 21. The agency added that nicotine pouches were a type of tobacco product.
I totally forgot they raised the age to 21.
This is so insane.
Who believes that these people in the government care about your health? Seriously, what person can look around at all of these obese people in America, and say “wow, I sure am glad that the government cares so much about my health”?
It’s nonsensical.
People should have freedom. If teens want to smoke, or eat these nicotine packets, the government doesn’t have a right to tell them they can’t do that.
The government is not my mommy.
So many of the problems we have in society stem from the fact that we’ve accepted the idea that the government is everyone’s mommy. The reason we have this is because women are allowed in public life, and women are obsessed with forcing people to do things. They will force you to not smoke, just the same as they will force you to take a coronavirus death shot. It’s just about the act of controlling you. The things they force you to do are basically arbitrary.
Nicotine is very safe and associated with every positive health outcome.
You’ll also learn how nicotine can be protective against a variety of health conditions including:
– Parkinson’s disease
– Dementia
– Inflammatory bowel diseases
– Depression
– Schizophrenia
– COVID/mortality due to other viral infection#Therapeuticnicotine pic.twitter.com/hsRrIQdxGW— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
Acetylcholine:
In the brain, nicotine essentially “mimics” the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh)
It does this through binding with 7-a-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Nicotine also upregulates these receptors
Recent evidence suggest nicotine may also inhibit… pic.twitter.com/PdTZ8T6ANN
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
Acetylcholine & cognitive impairment/Alzheimer’s:
Abundant evidence suggests a cholinergic deficit in the CNS is one of the drivers of MCI/Alzheimer’s (AD)
One study found subcutaneous nicotine to improve:
“primary and secondary cognitive measures of attention, memory, and… pic.twitter.com/eHxi58P4mK
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
Nicotine: An Anti-inflammatory Molecule
The nicotine : acetylcholine interaction extends beyond cognitive benefits
Acetycholine is one of the primary tools used by the body to suppress inflammation and immune-hyperactivation
In this way, it can “switch off” an overactive… pic.twitter.com/GVixHpgQqX
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
Protection against endotoxin:
“In this model of abbreviated inflammation, nicotine exposure attenuates the febrile response to LPS and promotes a more prominent anti-inflammatory phenotype.” pic.twitter.com/HiQuK5Rtye
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
This protection extends to Parkinson’s disease.
Smokers are vastly less likely to develop Parkinson’s.
Even exposure to secondhand smoke drastically reduces the chances.“The link between smoking and a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the strongest… pic.twitter.com/RxSJqwBRhS
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
Neurogenesis, NAD+ and Anti-Aging:
“F-FDG PET imaging revealed that nicotine is also capable of efficiently inhibiting glucose hypermetabolism in aging male mice.
Additionally, nicotine ameliorated cellular energy metabolism disorders and deferred age-related deterioration… pic.twitter.com/CNMqyjapYK
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
Smoking and the thyroid:
Smokers on average have higher T3 levels, lower TSH and lower markers of thyroid autoimmunity.
Smokers have a significantly lower risk of developing hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroid disease. This protection disappears 3 years after quitting… pic.twitter.com/TralTQqdAC
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024
Nicotine = Anti-estrogenic
Low dose of nicotine inhibits aromatase, the enzyme which catalyses the conversion of androgen hormones into estrogen
This has been shown to occur in numerous regions of the brain
In animals: “In laboratory studies on female rats, we confirmed the… pic.twitter.com/QEpZxF5Zjy
— Elliot Overton (@EO_Nutrition) April 1, 2024