In a country of 350 million (double-masked) people, where nobody can be trusted to make a correct decision – at least in the eyes of the liberal left – without the government’s sage micromanagement, said government is about to intervene again this time in determining what the correct level of nicotine in cigarettes should be. According to the WSJ, the Biden administration is considering requiring tobacco companies “to reduce the nicotine levels in all cigarettes sold in the U.S. to levels at which they are no longer addictive.”
The nicotine-reduction policy under consideration would lower the chemical in cigarettes to nonaddictive or minimally addictive levels, aiming to push millions of smokers to either quit or switch to less harmful alternatives such as nicotine gums, lozenges or e-cigarettes.
Administration officials are considering the policy – which was first floated in 2017 – as they approach a deadline for declaring the administration’s intentions on another tobacco question: whether or not to ban menthol cigarettes.
As the Journal notes, the FDA must respond in court by April 29 to a citizens’ petition to ban menthols by disclosing whether the agency intends to pursue such a policy. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is now reportedly weighing whether to move forward on a menthol ban or a nicotine reduction in all cigarettes—or both.
The thinking goes that a menthol ban would aim to curb smoking initiation among young people, many of whom start with menthols.
Even if launched, both policies would take “years to implement and would likely face legal challenges.” – READ MORE
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