FDA Advances Plan To Slash Nicotine In Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration wants to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to levels so low that millions of smokers will be able to quit and millions more people will never take up the habit.
by Rob Stein
Mar 15, 2018
2 minutes
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it wants to sharply reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. The idea is to help wean millions of smokers off their deadly habit and prevent millions more from becoming regular smokers in the first place.
"Despite years of aggressive efforts to tackle the leading cause of preventable disease and death.
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