FDA Announces Plan To Cut Level Of Nicotine Allowed In Cigarettes

By Rob Stein,
Robert Siegel
Published July 28, 2017 at 1:54 PM PDT
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The Food and Drug Administration is proposing sweeping changes to how it regulates cigarettes and related products, including e-cigarettes. One big change: It's planning to reduce the amount of nicotine allowed in tobacco cigarettes.

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Rob Stein
Rob Stein is a correspondent and senior editor on NPR's science desk.
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Robert Siegel
Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.
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