Erika Edwards is a health and medical news writer and reporter for NBC News and 'TODAY.'
In its last few days of power, the Biden administration is expected to officially propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. It’d be a last-minute move to push back against the tobacco industry after President Joe Biden failed to finalize a long-standing pledge to ban menthol cigarettes. The proposal, which could come as soon as Monday, is not expected to include tobacco products like e-cigarettes or nicotine replacement patches and lozenges.
A 2018 study from the Food and Drug Administration estimated that a nicotine cap would result in 16 million fewer people becoming addicted to smoking by the year 2060. That number would increase, per the study’s projection, to 33.1 million by 2100. If the Biden administration releases the proposed rule next week, it would still likely take several years to become final. Limiting nicotine in cigarettes would be “game-changing,” Yolonda C.
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