A trendy new perk designed to boost productivity in corporate offices may be putting employees’ health at risk. Cohen said he initially posted a picture of a simple drawer containing nicotine pouches as a joke, captioning it: 'We're hiring.' Medical researchers see nicotine pouches as the least harmful nicotine option as a path for quitting smokes because it doesn't cause cancer or lung disease. 'I suspect most of these tech workers aren't users, so it could be causing addiction in a population that's not currently using it.' The bottom line is that nicotine pouches are certainly not harmless, despite their growing normalization in the corporate world.

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2026 15:32 UTC