The Washington Post (6/21, McGinley) reports, “The Biden administration said Tuesday it plans to develop a rule requiring tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the United States to minimally or nonaddictive levels.” This is “an effort that, if successful, could have an unprecedented effect in slashing smoking-related deaths and threaten a politically powerful industry.” The Administration’s notice “said the Food and Drug Administration intends by May 2023 to develop a proposed standard ‘that would establish a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and certain finished tobacco products.’”
The New York Times (6/21, A1, Jewett, Jacobs) and Reuters (6/21, Shakil, Khandekar, Sharma) also report.
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