Schumer's call for federal crackdown on Zyn nicotine pouches faces backlash: 'Nanny state alive and well'

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has called for a federal crackdown on Zyn nicotine pouches, eliciting strong backlash in return.

The Democrat lawmaker recently issued a "warning to parents" and said young people are getting hooked on the nicotine pouches from social media, CBS New York reported on Sunday.

"It's a pouch packed with problems – high levels of nicotine," Schumer said at a press conference. "So today, I'm delivering a warning to parents because these nicotine pouches seem to lock their sites on young kids, teenagers and even lower. And then use the social media to hook them."