Banned but Not Gone. Why Uzbekistan’s Nicotine Pouch Prohibition Is Backfiring [Briefing Paper]

A new briefing paper from Path to Smoke-Free examines the widening gap between Uzbekistan’s tobacco control ambitions and the policies most likely to achieve them. Uzbekistan has 3.5 million smokers, 2.5 million nasvay consumers, and 30,000 tobacco-related deaths each year. It also bans a product category that leading regulatory agencies, including the U.S. FDA and […]