The FDA's proposed rule would slash nicotine levels in cigarettes, most cigars and other combustible tobacco products, but not vapes, hookahs or Zyn.
Zeller credited Gottlieb for advocating for the nicotine regulation within the Trump White House, after the Obama administration had fallen short. Obama officials had promised Zeller they would back rules to curb nicotine and menthol.
The Biden White House is expected to formally propose a plan ordering cigarette nicotine levels to be reduced dramatically.
Low-nicotine cigarettes are not a new idea. Several companies, including Philip Morris, experimented with selling the products during the 1980s and 1990s, without much success. In 2019, the FDA authorized a cigarette that contains 95% less nicotine than standard 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.
The FDA is proposing a new rule that that would limit nicotine levels in cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the U.S. would have ... Richardson, president and CEO of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said in a statement. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who served as FDA commissioner during the first Trump administration, said the ...
First recommended by a Trump-appointed FDA leader, multiple administrations have collaborated to snuff out this issue that costs the country $600 billion annually.
In its last few days of power, the Biden administration is expected to officially propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes.
On Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration published a proposed rule that would slash the amount of nicotine allowed in cigarettes and certain finished tobacco products.
Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that
Mass General for Children's Dr. Scott Hadland discusses FDA approval of new nicotine pouch, Zyn.