Cigarette smoking has plummeted dramatically since 1965, but in recent years, nicotine use is on the rise thanks to vapes and nicotine pouches like Zyns, which offer a more discreet way of delivering a nicotine fix than e-cigs.

But a shocking new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics has revealed that these smoke-free alternatives pose a health threat to little children — which in some cases can turn deadly.

Between 2010 and 2023, there were 134,663 nicotine ingestions among children younger than 6, a number based on calls to US poison centers.

While the rate of ingestion by vapes decreased, poisonings due to nicotine pouches surged by 763% just between 2020 and 2023.

And 76% of those nicotine poisoning cases were in babies and toddlers below the age of 2.

The majority of these poisonings had little to no side effects and 81.3% didn’t even require a trip to the hospital. However, 39 children had serious side effects — and two died.

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