The FDA Plans to Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes: Why That Matters
The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans for a proposed rule to require companies to lower the nicotine levels in cigarettes.
Nicotine also has “physical and psychological addictive properties,” Alan says. Meaning, your body and brain can actually crave nicotine.There aren’t a lot of specifics available at this time. However, awas posted online that says a proposed rule would be issued in May 2023 that would seek public comment on a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and other tobacco products. “Because tobacco-related harms primarily result from addiction to products that repeatedly expose users to toxins, F.D.A.
Loren Wold, Ph.D., a researcher on tobacco’s effects on human health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, says that this is “a move in the right direction by the FDA.”
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