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While the 20 different Zyn products authorized for marketing and sale in the US received FDA authorization for marketing as a modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) in June 2026, they are only allowed to make the specific claim that, Using ZYN instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. No other oral nicotine product has been granted an MRTP order

Rutika Mehta, an oncologist in the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program at Tampa's Moffitt Cancer Center