An Act relative to protecting youth by closing the synthetic nicotine loophole

This bill closes a regulatory gap by redefining "smokeless tobacco" to explicitly include non-combustion nicotine products like nicotine pouches, snus, and similar items marketed to youth. It directly affects manufacturers and retailers selling these products, bringing them under existing tobacco regulations that previously excluded them. The key provision expands the definition to cover all non-combustion nicotine products intended for human consumption, while specifically excluding e-cigarettes (taxed under Section 7E) and FDA-approved nicotine cessation products. This change aims to prevent youth access to flavored nicotine products that exploited the prior loophole.