The White House wants new rules forcing tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes. The Biden administration wants all cigarettes to have minimal or nonaddictive levels of nicotine, sources told The Journal, but it could take several years for the regulations to take effect. While cigarettes are known to cause cancer, heart disease , and lung disease, the FDA said the thousands of other components in cigarette smoke rather than nicotine itself were to blame. Nicotine levels can be reduced in various ways, by blending of tobacco leaves or using different types of paper or filters, per the report. In 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gave the FDA the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products including lowering nicotine levels, based on scientific evidence.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 11, 2022 10:14 UTC