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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: FDA Tries To Ban JUUL; Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Coming Soon?
Description: The FDA recently attempted to ban JUUL vaping products and announced a proposal to cut nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes. The policies are designed to reduce tobacco use—but will they? We have our doubts.Â
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Let's talk about nicotine
Nicotine has been in the news a lot between the plan to remove JUUL, a nicotine delivery system from the market, and the FDA proposal to require cigarettes to have lower nicotine levels. I asked myself a simple question for which I did not have a ready answer, what amo...