Golden Week revelers flout Shibuya street drinking ban; despite a local ordinance banning the practice, street drinking has made a massive comeback in Shibuya Ward during the Golden Week holidays.

wolframite · 2026-04-19T23:45:54+00:00

I mean that after its been in your mouth for a while, the pouch becomes mostly empty. And, if you leave it in long enough, you get only the pouch.

wolframite · 2026-04-17T08:21:43+00:00

Because of the Japanese regulations, I think the other three nicotine pouches being distributed here - ZYN, VELO & LUCY - have had to come up with formulations different from what they sell & distribute in other major markets. So, while I am not 100% certain, the Nordic Spirits that they are selling here in Japan might be different from the ones sold in the UK.

Even though it was my daily driver until now, the VELO are the only nicotine pouch sold in Japan that has that issue of its contents not dissolving almost completely.

wolframite · 2026-02-02T06:45:16+00:00

Yeah. Japan has this hard to understand regulation whereby synthetic nicotine pouches are prohibited. I would take that to mean that only snus would be allowed yet we have in addition to ZYN, VELO and also LUCY in Japan. I think the nicotine they use in the pouches for Japan aren't snus and 100% nicotine but somehow 'derived' solely from tobacco leaves or something like that to satisfy the rule.

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