The Disclosure programme spoke to young people who said they had used pouches.
Alex started taking them two years ago when he was 15 in school and became addicted.
He said he had never tried smoking or vaping before.
It was the packaging, how the different flavours were advertised and seeing his friends take the pouches, that made him want to try them himself.
He said: "I think it was just something different.
"It went from one a day to three a day to - at my highest - I was using probably 15 a day.
"If I didn't take them, I'd just get withdrawals and just feel demotivated and like I didn't want to do anything until I took another one."