The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to limit the addictiveness of cigarettes by reducing nicotine levels to 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco, aiming to encourage smokers to switch to less harmful alternatives and curb youth smoking. The proposed rule, which would apply to traditional cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, cigars, and pipe tobacco, faces potential opposition from the tobacco industry.
The Food and Drug Administration is moving to cut out addictive nicotine from cigarettes, according to a long-awaited proposed regulation released Wednesday.The rule aims to force the nearly 12% of Americans still using combustible tobacco products to switch to less dangerous alternatives, like vaping electronic cigarettes or using nicotine lozenges, while ending rates of youth starting to smoke traditional cigarettes.
Zeller credited Gottlieb for advocating for the nicotine regulation within the Trump White House, after the Obama administration had fallen short. Obama officials had promised Zeller they would back rules to curb nicotine and menthol.'If you look back on the record, you'll see that the Obama administration did absolutely nothing. It was a very frustrating four years,' Zeller said.
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