FDA Wants to Curb Nicotine in Cigarettes, But Plan’s Fate Rests With Trump
Officials proposed limiting the amount of nicotine to make cigarettes less addictive, but it's unclear if the incoming administration will offer support.
FDA Moves to Reduce Nicotine From Cigarettes
Brian King, director of the FDA’s Center of Tobacco Products, said Wednesday that reducing the amount of nicotine in tobacco products to the levels proposed in the new rule should significantly reduce their addictive qualities, making it easier for individuals to quit.
FDA proposes sweeping limits on nicotine in cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a sweeping proposal Wednesday to try to make cigarettes less addictive by lowering the amount of nicotine they contain, an eleventh-hour plan from
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New rule could slash nicotine levels in tobacco products
While it did not happen during his first term, reducing nicotine aligns with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement championed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to be Health and Human Services secretary. “As a nation, we are having a ...
FDA bans Red No. 3. What has Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said about food dyes?
Manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in food will have until Jan. 15, 2027 to reformulate their products, while those who use the dye in drugs will have until Jan. 18, 2028, according to the FDA announcement. Food imported in the U.S. will also be required to comply with the new regulations.
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Making America Healthy Again’ is a complicated, messy, and massive undertaking bound to meet resistance. Reducing nicotine in cigarettes shouldn’t be
Is this the end of cigarettes?
Cigarettes were once ubiquitous in American life. That's changed over the last 50 years as tobacco advertising disappeared from the airwaves and a massive health campaign discouraged Americans from smoking. Now cigarettes themselves might be all but regulated out of existence.
Biden releases 11th-hour plan to lower nicotine in cigarettes
The proposal in the waning days of the Biden administration leaves it up to President-elect Donald Trump to finalize the effort — or scrap it.
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FDA proposes limiting the amount of nicotine in cigarettes
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule to restrict the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and other tobacco products to non-addictive levels. If the rule is approved the US would be the first country to do so.
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FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump
Trump’s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said little about how ... studying the issue and said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers ...
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FDA proposes to make cigarettes less addictive by capping nicotine content
Trump's health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said little about how regulating ... the issue and said Wednesday that reducing nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers ...
9 questions senators should ask Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Members of two Senate committees will have a lot of ground to cover at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing to be Health and Human Services secretary (which has yet to be scheduled ). They should devote most of their time probing how his long history of anti-vaccine advocacy will impact infectious disease control.