Oral nicotine pouches are considered medicinal products

Source: FAMHP

December 3, 2020

Considering the risk to the consumer, the Joint Commission’s Chamber for products for human use has deemed that “Killapods” or “Lyft”-style oral nicotine pouches are to be considered medicinal products by function.

The Joint Commission’s Chamber for products for human use, which is responsible for issuing an opinion in order to determine under which legislation a product falls, has been looking into “Killapods” or “Lyft”-type oral nicotine pouches. Given the risk to the consumer, they reached the conclusion that nicotine pouches such as these should be considered medicinal products by function.

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