Dr Harry Tattan-Birch: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Lead author, UCL's institute of epidemiology and health care
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“The rise in nicotine pouch use has been driven almost exclusively by young people, especially young men, while use among adults over 35 remained stable and low. This may be due in part to aggressive advertising targeting this group on social media, billboards, in bars and train stations, and through sponsorships of motorsports and music festivals.”
What Dr Harry Tattan-Birch has said
“Pouches have a substantially lower risk to health than cigarettes and are likely less harmful than e-cigarettes. However, they are not harmless.”
University College London · Public health & prevention · 10 Sept 2026 · One in eight of 14- to 17-year-olds in Great Britain say they have used nicotine pouches ↗
Where Dr Harry Tattan-Birch has been quoted
- Gen Z behind jump in use of oral nicotine pouches across Great Britaintheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
- One in eight of 14- to 17-year-olds in Great Britain say they have used nicotine pouchestheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
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