RELX Airpouch – Fresh Mint 14mg

Plain mint, a firm dose and a pouch thin enough to forget about: RELX Fresh Mint 14mg is the all-round mint in the RELX AirPouch line. It is graded Extra Strong on our scale, so it belongs with the higher-dose pouches rather than the everyday 6mg cans.

Fresh Mint or Spearmint Fresh?

RELX makes two mints, and the names are easy to mix up. Spearmint Fresh is built on spearmint, the softer and sweeter of the common mints, and we carry it at 9mg, 14mg and 20mg. Fresh Mint is the broader, general mint of the pair; RELX also makes it at 9mg, but the can sold here is the 14mg. To compare like for like, RELX Spearmint Fresh 14mg matches this can on dose and pouch, so the choice comes down to which mint you prefer.

How RELX Fresh Mint 14mg sits in the lip

Each AirPouch is cut as a leaf about 25mm long and 13mm wide, and RELX gives its thickness as under 1mm. With a whole can weighing 2g, a single pouch is a fraction of the weight of a conventional slim, which makes it close to invisible under the top lip. RELX credits its DuraPress process with a nicotine release up to twice as fast as a standard pouch, so the strength arrives early rather than building slowly. The pouch itself is tobacco-free and made from plant-based fibres, according to RELX.

• Nicotine: 14mg per pouch
• Concentration: 140mg/g, as listed by our supplier
• Level: Extra Strong
• Pouch: ultra-thin AirPouch, 25 x 13mm
• Pouches per can: 20
• Can weight: 2g net

For a mint in a conventional slim at a slightly lower dose, NEAFS Mint Fusion 12mg is a fair benchmark. Cola, lemon and strawberry versions sit with all RELX nicotine pouches.