( May 11, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on May 8 reversed an appellate court in part and held that oral nicotine pouches satisfy the state tax code’s definition of tobacco products because the products’ powdered composition including nontobacco matter and nicotine isolate is a taxable “tobacco substitute” and remanded the pouch-maker’s constitutional challenge to the tax code for further review....