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.

Smoking still kills nearly a half-million Americans every year. The new rule would slash nicotine levels in cigarettes by 95% ...

Brian King, director of the FDA’s Center of Tobacco Products, said Wednesday that reducing the amount of nicotine in tobacco ...

The health authorities on Monday issued a warning about an electronic cigarette which they said could lead to an accidental consumption of a high dose of nicotine. The cigarette - by Vape Roc Star ...

Nicotine levels in cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco in the United States could be dramatically decreased if a new rule from the Food and Drug Administration is finalized, significantly lowering ...

“By reducing the nicotine level of cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products to a level low enough to no longer create or sustain addiction, the cycle of exposure to these toxic ...

Cigarettes were once ubiquitous in American life. That's changed over the last 50 years as tobacco advertising disappeared from the airwaves and a massive health campaign discouraged Americans ...

A new FDA proposal would reduce the amount of feel-good nicotine in cigarettes to near-inconsequential levels.

The FDA has proposed caps on nicotine in cigarettes. The potential rule could reduce the concentration of nicotine in cigarettes by more than half. Hurricane-prone states Get the USA TODAY app ...

The move comes one day after the FDA unveiled a proposed rule that would make tobacco companies cut nicotine levels to non-addictive levels in cigarettes, most cigars and other combustible tobacco ...