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Josh Brolin Reveals Dental Problems Caused by Black Market Nicotine
On the latest episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Josh Brolin revealed the severe dental problems he developed after using black market nicotine lozenges.
“They taste like gasoline and they got a punch to them,” the Dune star said of lozenges. “But I used to keep them up between my gum and my tooth line. I got seven cavities.”
Brolin explained that he switched to nicotine pouches, which he claims to use “24 hours a day,” after experiencing a rash of issues with black-market lozenges he acquired in the Middle East. “We're in Jordan. And [this guy] comes up to me, and he says, 'I have some.' And it has a skull and crossbones on the top,” Brolin recalled. “And it's 40-milligram packets. And I said, 'I can't do that.'”
Brolin continued: “And then one day, I start running out, and I haven't quite run out, I probably have four or five more tins left. And I have his thing in my pocket, and I'm running back from the gym…I stick the thing in my mouth for no more, and I swear to God on my kids, for no more than 20 seconds, and I had to cancel dinner that night. I literally was sh---ting my brains out. It was f---ing crazy.”
Nicotine pouches are made without tobacco or other harmful additives of cigarettes or other tobacco products. WebMD notes that, while nicotine pouches don't directly cause cancer, they are "tumor promoters" that are "harmful to your health and extremely addictive." Pouches lead to "heart, lung, stomach, and fertility problems, raise your blood pressure, and weaken your immune system. It could also play a role in hardening your artery walls, which may lead to a heart attack."
“My wife would hear this in the middle of the night,” Brolin said, imitating the sound of chewing tobacco. “I don't even know I'm doing it, I'm asleep. I have a pouch in my lip, and I'm not f---ing lying, 24 hours a day.”
You can listen to Brolin’s full WTF interview here.