Republicans are railing against Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) over a warning about young people getting addicted to Zyn nicotine pouches.
New York news outlets <a href="https://pix11.com/news/local-news/sen-schumer-warns-parents-against-addicting-product-seen-on-social-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">covered</a> Schumer at a news conference <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYeXxqOgx_Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that Zyn should not be marketed toward children, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/schumer-calls-for-federal-action-on-zyn-nicotine-pouches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling for a federal crackdown</a> on the product, and telling of &#8220;Zynfluencers&#8221; who make the colorful nicotine pouches part of their online personalities.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a pouch packed with problems — high levels of nicotine,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1749845349231939966" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schumer said</a>. &#8220;Today, I&#8217;m delivering a warning to parents, because these nicotine pouches seem to lock their sights on young kids — teenagers, and even lower — and then use the social media to hook &#8217;em.&#8221;
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Chuck Schumer is calling for federal action to crack down on Zyn.
The 73-year-old Democrat describes the popular nicotine pouches as a &quot;pouch full of problems.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XbDaqypnDD">pic.twitter.com/XbDaqypnDD</a>
&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1749864303413612958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
The local coverage bled into the national spotlight as Republicans chided Schumer over the campaign against Zyn, which <a href="https://us.zyn.com/about-zyn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stresses on its U.S. website</a> that the product is intended for consumers who are 21 and older.
President Joe Biden &#8220;wants to ban menthol cigarettes,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/NRSC/status/1749864563699241269" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the National Republican Senatorial Committee on X, alluding to the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/biden-administration-delays-ban-menthol-cigarettes-2024-rcna128230" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now-delayed ban</a> on menthol cigarettes. &#8220;Chuck Schumer wants to ban Zyn. The nanny state is alive and well with today’s Democrat Party.&#8221;
&#8220;Come and take it, Chuck,&#8221; Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/1749919489922093216" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X which featured a photo of a blue-and-white Zyn container.
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Come and take it, Chuck. <a href="https://t.co/eh2mESetFL">https://t.co/eh2mESetFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/0vOGqHev4K">pic.twitter.com/0vOGqHev4K</a>
&mdash; Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/1749919489922093216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I know for a fact our service members and emergency responders use Zyn as an alternative to tobacco to help stay alert. This is a massive overreach,&#8221; Rep. Mike Walz (R-FL) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz/status/1749892953244320025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1749892953244320025%7Ctwgr%5Ea1196d290bfb2ecf9e2fd8492b4fb6b776a42ff6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-12998133%2Fchuck-schumer-gets-smoked-issuing-warning-zyn-pouch-packed-problems.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.
&#8220;This calls for a Zynsurrection!&#8221; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1749947741046792453" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;The same Democrats that want to legalize all drugs and have ripped open our border flooding our country with fentanyl, a real weapon of mass destruction killing 300 Americans/day, wants to ban Zyn. Democrats are idiots.&#8221;
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) also drew attention to the fentanyl crisis and explained that Zyn is &#8220;an alternative to smoking&#8221; that is not perfect, but can help people.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenTuberville?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTuberville</a> says Chuck Schumer is more worried about banning Zyn than addressing a Fentanyl crisis that’s claiming the lives of 100,000+ Americans every year. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/vnoiNPnV3d">pic.twitter.com/vnoiNPnV3d</a>
&mdash; Grayson Everett (@Grayson270) <a href="https://twitter.com/Grayson270/status/1750216475690836033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
More Republicans piled on:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> 5 seconds after talking about Zyn: <a href="https://t.co/O73jdIfPxg">pic.twitter.com/O73jdIfPxg</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1750236501055578540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Unfortunately Chuck Schumer is more focused on Zyn Pouches than he is about Fentanyl pouring over our border.
&mdash; Tim Burchett (@timburchett) <a href="https://twitter.com/timburchett/status/1750244913541693635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Chuck Schumer should spend more time focusing on the fentanyl pouring across our southern border than trying to ban Zyn pouches. 
The Democrats&#39; priorities are backwards.
&mdash; Rep. Cammack Press Office (@RepKatCammack) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepKatCammack/status/1750154736722944318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who has recently established himself as a maverick among Democrats, reportedly <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/john-fetterman-chuck-schumer-nicotine-crackdown-zyn-1863722" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Newsweek</a> he disagrees with Schumer on the Zyn issue.
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&#8220;I&#8217;m a big believer in choice for Americans, and I believe every adult should be having these kinds of choices with these kinds of products as well,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Tobacco is legal, and that kills over half a million Americans. Alcohol is legal and kills lots of people. I would err on the side of freedom and not restricting that.&#8221;
When pressed by a reporter on Schumer calling for a federal clampdown on Zen, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1750212096141217945" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> media to the Food and Drug Administration. &#8220;I have not seen that report, so I would refer to the FDA specifically,&#8221; she said.
Philip Morris International — which is the parent company of Swedish Match, the manufacturer of Zyn — and its affiliates &#8220;fully meet and exceed the regulations governing the industry,&#8221; a company spokesperson told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Our marketing practices — which prohibit the use of social media influencers — are focused on preventing underage access and set the benchmark for the industry,&#8221; the representative said, adding that evidence — such as a 2023 <a href="https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/youth-and-tobacco/results-annual-national-youth-tobacco-survey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national survey</a> that found 1.5% of middle and high school students used nicotine pouches — shows &#8220;this approach is working&#8221; and &#8220;oral nicotine pouch use by those under the legal age remains exceptionally low.&#8221;

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