Biden's last chance to tackle tobacco: Limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-12 10:52:19 | Updated at 2025-01-12 13:38:04 2 hours ago

Biden's last chance to tackle tobacco: Limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes
NBC News ^ | Jan. 10, 2025 | Erika Edwards

Posted on 01/12/2025 2:45:01 AM PST by deport

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.

Precise details of the proposal to cap nicotine levels have not been released. Multiple studies have suggested, however, that levels may have to be slashed by up to 95% to make them minimally or non-addictive.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: smoking; tobacco

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1 posted on 01/12/2025 2:45:01 AM PST by deport

To: deport

Nicotine is finally being recognized as a healing modality.
Not smoking, but pure nicotine.

2 posted on 01/12/2025 2:48:08 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )

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