RELX Airpouch – Cola 14mg

Soft-drink cola in a pouch you can barely feel: RELX Cola 14mg packs Extra Strong nicotine into the leaf-shaped AirPouch, which RELX makes less than 1mm thick. It is the only cola in the brand’s short five-flavour line-up, sitting beside two mints, a lemon and a strawberry.

A cola pouch with no mint in the mix

Plenty of pouches in the cola and energy family lean on a cooling base. RELX names this one simply Cola, with no mint or ice in the title, so expect the sweet, lightly spiced character of the drink rather than a menthol blast. It suits anyone who finds mint repetitive and wants something closer to a fizzy drink with their nicotine.

RELX Cola 14mg next to KILLA Energy 13.2mg

The nearest match on our shelves is KILLA Extra Strong Energy 13.2mg: a similar dose, an energy-drink flavour and a conventional slim. The RELX is far thinner, a 25 x 13mm leaf, and RELX says its DuraPress process releases nicotine up to twice as fast as a regular pouch. Choose KILLA for a pouch with real body under the lip, RELX for one you hardly notice.

Why the per-gram number looks so high

Our supplier lists a full can at just 2g, so each pouch weighs about a tenth of a gram. Divide 14mg by that and you arrive at 140mg per gram, a figure that looks extreme beside the 15mg/g of a typical slim. The dose is what counts, so compare RELX with other brands by milligrams per pouch.

• Nicotine per pouch: 14mg
• Per gram: 140mg (supplier listing)
• Strength on our scale: Extra Strong
• Format: RELX AirPouch, under 1mm thick
• Pouch size: 25 x 13mm
• 20 pouches, 2g net

Rather keep the pouch and lose the cola? RELX Fresh Mint 14mg is the same dose with plain mint, and the RELX AirPouch range shows every flavour.