FDA takes first step in drafting rule to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes

The Hill ^ | 03/15/2018 | Lydia Wheeler

[ClearCase_guy]

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.

[VietVet876]

How many Americans died last year from smoken driving?

[Spunky]

"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.

[Skywise]

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...

[catnipman]

[Don W]

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.

[Constitution Day]

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

[cgbg]

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.

[arthurus]

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."

[DesertRhino]

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.

[Lean-Right]

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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[DannyTN]

I'm not a smoker either. But I remember

• when restaurants didn't have a non-smoking section and you just had to deal with it when smokers were being inconsiderate
• when restaurants implemented non-smoking sections but the ventilation wasn't good enough to prevent the smoke from wafting to where you were eating.
• working in a place where a brown cloud formed inside the building due to the smokers.
• Going dancing and coming home and tasting the cigarette smoke the next morning.
• My brother dying of cancer at 32. He smoked. Did it cause his cancer. Don't know.
• My aunt dying of lung cancer 4 years after she stopped. Did it cause her cancer. Highly probable.

  I think the world is a much better place since smoking has been kicked outdoors. And I think people are healther as a result.

  I wouldn't mind seeing the nicotine in cigarettes reduced to non-addictive levels. Does anyone really believe that the smokers aren't responsible for some of the insurance costs?

[itsahoot]

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.

[Trillian]

Oh, no!

[virgil]

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

[Chode]

i guess chewing Nicorette while smoking or smoking two at a time is out of the question then