FDA Proposed Rule Seeks to Regulate Nicotine Yield in Tobacco Products
The FDA is proposing a tobacco product standard as part of a greater effort to reduce nicotine addiction.
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The standard "would regulate nicotine yield by establishing a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products," it said in a Federal Register notice. This standard seeks to reduce the addictiveness of these products, thus giving people who are addicted and wish to quit the ability to do so more easily, the FDA said.
The FDA says the proposed standard would cover the following products: cigarettes (other than noncombusted cigarettes, such as heated tobacco products (HTPs) that meet the definition of a cigarette); cigarette tobacco; roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco; cigars (including little cigars, cigarillos and large cigars but excluding premium cigars); and pipe tobacco (other than waterpipe tobacco).
The FDA is taking comments on the proposed rule through Sept. 17.