Should FDA mandate lower nicotine content in cigarettes?
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In June 2009, then-President Barack Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, authorizing FDA to regulate the nicotine content of cigarettes. The only real limit to FDA's new authority was a provision prohibiting FDA from “requiring the reduction of nicotine yields of a tobacco product to zero.”
Should FDA mandate lower nicotine content in cigarettes?
Should FDA mandate lower nicotine content in…
Should FDA mandate lower nicotine content in cigarettes?
In June 2009, then-President Barack Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, authorizing FDA to regulate the nicotine content of cigarettes. The only real limit to FDA's new authority was a provision prohibiting FDA from “requiring the reduction of nicotine yields of a tobacco product to zero.”