The Biden government sees a change in regulations that could radically change smoking: tobacco manufacturers are being forced to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to levels so low that it would no longer be addictive, The Wall Street Journal reported. Federally funded research has shown that smokers are likely to quit low-nicotine cigarettes and switch to nicotine gum or e-cigarettes that do not contain the substances that cause diseases linked to half a million deaths per year in the U.S. The tobacco industry was unaffected. Altria, who makes Marlboro, warned the move could lead to “growth of an illegal market” and cost jobs. The Biden government is also considering a possible ban on menthol cigarettes, which science has shown to be harder to quit and popular with younger smokers and black smokers.
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