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% ...

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 ...

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.

Nicotine levels would be reduced by up to 95% compared with traditional cigarettes. The U.S. would be the only country with ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A proposal to drastically reduce the level of nicotine, the primary addictive chemical, in cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products has been issued by the U.S ...