FDA proposes reducing nicotine in cigarettes

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Nicotine will now be at the center of the Food and Drug Administration’s effort to regulate tobacco, the agency said, announcing that it will aim to lower the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to a level that will help curb addiction.
It would be the first time in the agency’s history that it has sought to regulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.
“The overwhelming amount of death and disease attributable to tobacco is caused by addiction to cigar