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FDA takes first step in drafting rule to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes
The Hill ^ | 03/15/2018 | Lydia Wheeler

Posted on 03/15/2018 10:14:39 AM PDT by GIdget2004

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday took the first step in creating a new rule to reduce the level of nicotine allowed in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels.

In an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, FDA asked the public to submit comments over the next 90 days on the impact of a product standard for the maximum nicotine level in cigarettes.

“Tobacco use causes a tremendous toll of death and disease every year and these effects are ultimately the result of addiction to the nicotine contained in combustible cigarettes, leading to repeated exposure to toxicants from such cigarettes,” the agency said in the notice.

“This nicotine addiction causes users to engage in compulsive use, makes quitting less likely and, therefore, repeatedly exposes them and others to thousands of toxicants in combusted tobacco products.”

The FDA first announced in July that it was planning to start a public dialogue about writing such a rule.

“Envisioning a world where cigarettes would no longer create or sustain addiction, and where adults who still need or want nicotine could get it from alternative and less harmful sources, needs to be the cornerstone of our efforts — and we believe it’s vital that we pursue this common ground,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said at the time.

The agency is asking the public to weigh what the appropriate nicotine level should be, how the limits should be implemented, how nicotine levels should be tested, the economic impact and the possible countereffects, like whether it would create a black market for cigarettes with more nicotine.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cigarettes; fda; nicotine
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To: kaktuskid

I see a correlation between the previous years in which generally thin people smoked a lot of cigarettes. Today, we have a lot of ex-smokers and an obesity epidemic.

I think we were a better country back when more people smoked. I don’t say that because smoking was necessarily good. I say it because once upon a time, the government didn’t feel the need to micro-manage every little aspect of your public and private life.


21 posted on 03/15/2018 10:54:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
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To: GIdget2004

How many Americans died last year from smoken driving?


22 posted on 03/15/2018 10:55:16 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: upchuck
"I quit in Dec, 1999 and have wanted a cig at least once a day ever since."

I quit in 1996. There were times when I really wanted one. At 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months. After a year I had no more desire. In fact when I am around people who smoke the Oder makes me sick.

23 posted on 03/15/2018 10:56:48 AM PDT by Spunky ("Immigration is a privilege, not a right." President Donald Trump)
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To: GIdget2004

They did this with Liquor years ago (restrict alcohol content) I’m surprised they never got to nicotine until now.

Unless the plan is to phase out nicotine altogether and make tobacco use worthless...

Which makes you wonder how long til they do it with liquor... or pot...


24 posted on 03/15/2018 11:03:38 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: GIdget2004

25 posted on 03/15/2018 11:14:32 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: upchuck

Of COURSE the fedgov want to lower the nicotine levels, as this will mean more packs sold, ergo more tax money to waste.

Mother trucking petty little micro managing control freaks all.


26 posted on 03/15/2018 11:22:02 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: GIdget2004

This is some BS, and I don’t even smoke!


27 posted on 03/15/2018 11:23:02 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: GIdget2004

There are many dangerous chemicals in cigarettes.

http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/whats-in-a-cigarette.html

Nicotine is just one on a long list, and it is debatable whether it is even near the top of the bad list.

This is .gov being stupid as usual.


28 posted on 03/15/2018 11:30:40 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: GIdget2004
Nicotine is simply not the problem. It is the smoke itself. The concern here is that people are finding relaxation or pleasure in the habit, not that they are injuring themselves. People must not<̣> be allowed to feel pleased or happy when there is "so much injustice in the world."
29 posted on 03/15/2018 11:42:58 AM PDT by arthurus (df)
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To: GIdget2004

The dumbasses. Less nicotine per cig means people will need more cigarettes to get the same nicotine hit. Ergo, more tobacco consumed, and more cancer.

Things like this are why planned economies always suck.


30 posted on 03/15/2018 11:51:48 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: SandRat

Their choice. That’s what this is all
about. The freedom to choose is slowly
being taken away. Adults need no
babysitters.


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To: Junk Silver
I'm not a smoker either. But I remember
33 posted on 03/15/2018 1:36:45 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
For those already addicted to nicotine then they’ll have to smoke even MORE cigarettes to quench their addiction.

Maybe they just have to buy more cigarettes.

Anyone remember when they tried to cut down on nicotine delivered by punching small holes in the paper just before the filter? You could tell by watching people try to smoke them with a finger wrapped completely around the cigarette, or in a two handed finger squeeze. Some even resorted to tape.

34 posted on 03/15/2018 2:46:32 PM PDT by itsahoot (There will be division, as long as there is money to be divided.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Oh, no!


35 posted on 03/15/2018 4:00:49 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: GIdget2004

People will just smoke more. It’s the smoking that kills you, not the nicotine. An Oncologist told me that.


36 posted on 03/15/2018 4:26:45 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: GIdget2004
i guess chewing Nicorette while smoking or smoking two at a time is out of the question then
37 posted on 03/15/2018 5:33:37 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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