The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to cap nicotine levels in cigarettes to make them less addictive. The agency states that this could help millions of smokers quit and prevent young people from starting. Although the proposal faces potential legal challenges from tobacco companies, it represents a significant step in curbing the health risks associated with smoking.
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The FDA has spent years studying the issue and said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers quit cigarettes within one year. Roughly 48 million more young people would never take up the habit because cigarettes would essentially become nonaddictive, according to agency projections.
Antismoking advocates overwhelmingly back the idea and urged Kennedy to help implement it, if he is confirmed. The idea of limiting nicotine has its roots in sweeping powers given to the FDA by Congress in 2009 to regulate the tobacco industry. But the FDA’s efforts on nicotine and a host of other tobacco measures — such as adding
Under the law, the agency can regulate nicotine but cannot remove it completely. The limits on nicotine proposed Wednesday would apply to cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco, but not electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches or other lower-risk products.
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