U.S. Shelves Plan to Sharply Cut Nicotine in Cigarettes

[oplholik]

Well now, somebody got a biiig check in the mail!

"U.S. regulators are hitting the brakes on plans to force tobacco companies to drastically reduce addictive nicotine in cigarettes, retreating on an ambitious public-health initiative that comes amid increasing worry about nicotine use among young people."

U.S. Shelves Plan to Sharply Cut Nicotine in Cigarettes

 

[zoiDman]

Did Anyone really think this was going to Happen anyway?

 

[CarolT]

Good riddance. Existing nicotine levels are best. When smokers feel that they've had enough nicotine, that's when they ease up on smoking. Why set a maximum nicotine level anyhow, unless you're acting in bad faith, to circumvent the restriction against outlawing tobacco outright. I think that corrupt cronies were hoping to reap a windfall when FDA banned everything except their worthless and unwanted product, namely low-nicotine cigarettes.