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  • Lucy Goods Settles S.F. Pouch Case for $1M

    Lucy Goods Settles S.F. Pouch Case for $1M

    San Francisco secured a $1 million settlement with online tobacco retailer Lucy Goods, Inc., requiring the company to stop shipping flavored nicotine products into the city, City Attorney David Chiu announced yesterday (January 8). The settlement stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging that several online retailers violated San Francisco’s comprehensive flavored tobacco ban by selling flavored nicotine pouches directly to city residents.

    Under the stipulated judgment and injunction entered by San Francisco Superior Court this week, Lucy Goods must pay $1 million in civil penalties and attorneys’ fees, prohibit the use of San Francisco addresses in shipping or billing fields, and post clear notices on its website stating that flavored tobacco products cannot be sold in the city. The agreement follows earlier settlements with Rogue Holdings LLC, Swisher International Inc., and Northerner Scandinavia Inc., bringing total penalties from the case to nearly $4 million.

    San Francisco banned all flavored tobacco products in 2019, including nicotine pouches, citing evidence that flavors increase youth appeal and addiction risk.

  • Lucy Gum Helps Prevent Cravings: Study

    Lucy Gum Helps Prevent Cravings: Study

    Credit: Lucy

    Lucy Gum, a nonmedicinal nicotine product, helped prevent nicotine cravings among participants in a behavioral study published in Harm Reduction Journal.

    Based on the results, respondents who smoked and were planning to quit, as well as those not intending to quit, were most interested in trying Lucy Gum, which is manufactured by oral nicotine product manufacturer Lucy Goods. Quitting or cutting down consumption of cigarettes, vapes and other tobacco products were the most common motivation for trying Lucy Gum. Many reported that it was helpful in preventing nicotine cravings, managing stress or maintaining focus. Notably, females who smoked showed interest in Lucy Gum in contrast to low female interest in traditional smokeless tobacco products.

    Lucy Gum did not appear to attract those who never used tobacco products and has low potential to promote relapse in nicotine use for former tobacco users. Results for young adults suggest minimal appeal to youth, and there was no evidence that flavors of Lucy Gum appealed more to young adults than to older adults.

    Current smoking cessation methods show limited effectiveness, with just a 0.3 percent reduction in population-level smoking prevalence projected for a 2.3 percent quitting rate.

    “The fact that Lucy appeals to people who smoke, regardless of their intent to quit smoking, highlights the potential of Lucy to reach more adult tobacco users than medicinal NRT [nicotine-replacement therapy] products and to facilitate their transition to less harmful alternatives,” said David Renteln, CEO of Lucy Goods, in a statement.