You smoke. They breathe it.
Cigarette smoke does not stop with you. It reaches the person beside you, your wife, your children, the whole room. And it stays there long after the cigarette is out.
[READ ON]Smoke travels further
than you think.
A cigarette burned in a closed room leaves smoke hanging in the air for hours after you put it out. The smell and the residue settle into curtains, into the sofa, into the hair and clothes of the people who live with you.
You chose to smoke. They did not.
- 45.6%
- of adults in Vietnam still breathe secondhand smoke, down from 73.1% in 2010.
- 33m
- people in Vietnam breathe secondhand smoke inside their own homes.
- 1.6m
- non-smokers die worldwide every year from secondhand smoke.
WHO states that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.
Vietnam Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund (2021) · GATS Vietnam · WHO
The best thing
is still to quit.
We do not sell cessation medicine and we will not pretend otherwise. If you can stop smoking, stop. That is the best thing for you and for everyone around you.
But if you are going to keep using nicotine, smoke is the only part that reaches anyone else.
of smokers in Vietnam say they want to quit. If you are reading this page, you are not the only one, and you do not have to do it alone.
Three methods with clinical evidence behind them.
Quitline counselling
1800 6606. Free, Respiratory Centre at Bach Mai Hospital. Open 08:00 to 22:00 daily with trained counsellors.
Nicotine replacement therapy
Patches, gum and lozenges licensed as cessation medicine. Clinical evidence behind them. Ask a pharmacist or a doctor.
Prescription medication
Some oral medicines are prescribed by doctors for people quitting. Only on medical advice.
Nicotine pouches are not on that list. They are not proven as a way to quit smoking, and we do not sell them as one.
Guides to quitting.
We are not doctors and we do not give medical advice. These pages summarise guidance from the Ministry of Health, WHO and Bach Mai Hospital, with links to the originals. If you want to quit, call 1800 6606.
- How to quit smokingA summary of Ministry of Health and WHO guidance.Guide
- Making a quit planPick a date, name the hardest moments, prepare early.Guide
- What happens when you call 1800 6606Who answers, what they ask, how long it takes.Helpline
- Is cutting down enough?Fewer cigarettes is not the same as stopping. What the research says.Evidence
Vaping is banned
in Vietnam.
From 1 January 2025, Resolution 173/2024/QH15 prohibits the production, trade and use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products in Vietnam. For someone still smoking, vaping is not a lawful option.
As for nicotine pouches
Nicotine pouches are not named in Resolution 173/2024/QH15, and they are not named in the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms (2012) either.
We state the text of the current instruments and draw no legal conclusion of our own. This may change.
A pouch makes
no smoke.
Nothing burns, nothing is lit, nothing leaves it. You hold it under your lip for thirty minutes and nobody in the room has to breathe anything at all.
Still nicotine. Still addictive. The difference is that it stops with you.
What we do not know.
Nicotine pouches contain no tobacco and make no smoke. But this is a young category, and long-term data on it is limited. We are writing that down rather than staying quiet, because you would find out either way.
- Long-term effects
- There are no decades-long studies of the kind that exist for cigarettes. Nobody knows what twenty or thirty years of continuous use does.
- Gums and mouth
- Gum inflammation, gum disease and tooth discolouration are documented, as are gastrointestinal effects if a pouch is swallowed. How common these are is not well established.
- Addiction risk
- Nicotine is addictive. For someone who has never used nicotine, starting with a pouch is still starting a dependency. This product is not for you.
- Legal status
- Report 211/BC-BYT proposes extending the prohibition to oral nicotine products. If that passes, we remove every link to the product and update these pages to the new rule.
What does not change.
Still nicotine
Not a herbal product, not a sweet, not a vitamin.
Still addictive
Nicotine is addictive in any form it comes in.
Still 18+ only
Age is verified on entry to the shop.
Not a quitting aid
Quitting outright is still better. This is not a smoking-cessation product.
What the numbers mean.
Every can prints the milligrams of nicotine in one pouch. The higher the number, the stronger it feels, and the more likely it is to be unpleasant if you are not used to it.
- Light3 – 6 mgClear flavour, light nicotine. The usual place to start.
- Medium8 – 11 mgThe most-chosen band in the catalogue.
- Strong12 – 16 mgDistinctly strong. Not for beginners.
- Very strong17 – 20 mgOnly for people already used to nicotine.
Common questions.
- Are nicotine pouches legal in Vietnam?
- Nicotine pouches are not named in the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms (2012), and not named in Resolution 173/2024/QH15. Not being named is not the same as being permitted. Report 211/BC-BYT proposes extending the ban.
- Do nicotine pouches help you quit smoking?
- No. They are not proven as a way to quit and are not licensed as cessation medicine. The three methods with clinical evidence are quitline counselling on 1800 6606, nicotine replacement therapy, and prescription medication on a doctor’s advice.
- How is a pouch different from vaping?
- A vape heats a liquid to make an aerosol you draw into your lungs, and that category has been banned in Vietnam since 1 January 2025. A pouch does not burn, does not heat, and produces no vapour or smoke. You place it under your lip and inhale nothing.
- Does it affect the person next to me?
- A pouch does not burn, so there is no smoke, no vapour and nothing released into the air. The person sitting next to you inhales nothing from it. This is the only difference from a cigarette that we assert.
- What does the mg number on the can mean?
- It is the milligrams of nicotine in one pouch. The catalogue runs from 3 to 20 mg. The higher the number, the stronger it feels, and the more likely it is to be unpleasant if you are not used to it.
- Do pouches contain tobacco?
- No. A pouch contains nicotine, flavouring, a powdered filler and a humectant, sealed in a small paper sachet. There is no tobacco leaf. That is the difference from traditional Swedish snus.
Who writes this.
- Last updated
- Legal review
- Whenever the instruments change
Sources on this page
- Global Adult Tobacco Survey, VietnamWHO
- 2021 figuresVietnam Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund
- Secondhand smoke and safe exposure levelsWHO
- Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms (2012)National Assembly
- Resolution 173/2024/QH15National Assembly
- Report 211/BC-BYTMinistry of Health
- Quitline 1800 6606Bach Mai Hospital
- Nicotine pouch safetyCleveland Clinic
Replace.
Not start.
A pouch is meant to replace a cigarette you are already smoking. If you have never used nicotine, this is not for you, and there is no reason to start.
[SEE THE CATALOGUE ON VINAPOUCHES.VN]Age verified on entry · 18+ only