Smokers Could Turn to Vaping If FDA Regulates Nicotine
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FDA Wants to Cut Cigarette Nicotine Levels
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Everyone knows cigarettes can kill. Yet 36.5 million adults in the U.S. still smoke.
So after the labels and warnings, the restaurant bans and the grisly ad campaigns, the Food and Drug Administration is exploring a radical approach to helping people quit: regulating nicotine in cigarettes. If the FDA follows through -- something far from certain -- the shift could prompt some to quit or, at least, switch to relatively safer products like electronic cigarettes or vaping.