The Food and Drug Administration is poised to set a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and some other tobacco products, looking to make them less addictive and wean smokers off the habit.

The FDA's tobacco arm turned to other priorities in those years, Zeller said. The agency was facing a surge in youth e-cigarette use that began around 2018.

The FDA's proposed rule would slash nicotine levels in cigarettes, most cigars and other combustible tobacco products, but not vapes, hookahs or Zyn.

Swedish Match, a subsidiary of Philip Morris International, makes the ZYN pouches. The FDA's authorization noted the pouches ...

The FDA’s plan would limit nicotine in nearly all combustible tobacco products — a category that includes cigarettes, most cigars and pipe tobacco — to 0.07 milligrams.

“FDA is not seeking to require the reduction of nicotine yields in any tobacco product to zero,” the agency wrote, adding that doing so would violate a law known as the Federal Food, Drug, and ...

The FDA authorized the marketing of 20 Zyn products on Thursday, marking the first allowance for the fast-growing nicotine pouches. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

The FDA said "an extensive scientific review" found the products were found to pose lower risks of cancer and other serious health conditions compared to cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.

Nicotine alternatives like 6-methyl nicotine in vapes may be more addictive than nicotine, according to the FDA. These synthetic substances are not regulated by U.S. tobacco and vaping laws that ...

Nicotine alternatives used in vapes being launched in the U.S. and abroad, such as 6-methyl nicotine, may be more potent and addictive than nicotine itself, though the scientific data remains ...

The idea of reducing nicotine in cigarettes has existed for at least two decades, but the FDA did not have the authority to do so until a 2009 law gave it regulatory power over tobacco. Since then ...