Speaking on Fox & Friends Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said nicotine pouches are the safest way to consume nicotine.

“Nicotine itself does not cause cancer. There is no evidence that it’s carcinogenic,” he said, adding that “the thing we really want to get away from is cigarettes.”

While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not authorized nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid, it has approved Zyn, nicotine pouches from Philip Morris International, as a tobacco product.

Kennedy’s support for such products stems from his concerns with the billions of dollars collectively spent on smoking-related health care costs.

Speaking later in the day , also on Fox News, Philip Morris International Vice President and Chief Scientific and Re

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