That’s the rationale behind a new rule proposed on January 15 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which seeks to limit the amount of the addictive chemical nicotine in cigarettes.

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed slashing the levels of nicotine — the drug that actually makes you feel good — in cigarettes so drastically that they'd no longer be able to get ...

If finalized, the rule would limit the nicotine content of cigarettes to 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco — a limit low enough to stop people from developing addictions. The top 100 ...

Zeller credited Gottlieb for advocating for the nicotine regulation within the Trump White House, after the Obama administration had fallen short. Obama officials had promised Zeller they would back ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s seven-year pursuit of drastically lower nicotine levels in traditional cigarettes reached a pivotal step Wednesday with the unveiling of a proposed regulatory ...