Tobacco Companies Urge Dismissal Of Nicotine Pouch Youth Marketing Claims

( September 26, 2024, 1:27 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) and Swedish Match North America LLC filed motions in Connecticut federal court urging dismissal of a Zyn nicotine pouch consumer’s putative class action suit accusing them violating Florida consumer protection statutes by targeting youth and deceptively advertising the pouch products as a “safer and healthier alternative to smoking.”...