Officials proposed limiting the amount of nicotine to make cigarettes less addictive, but it's unclear if the incoming administration will offer support.
The Biden administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an eleventh-hour effort that’s been years in the making. The move would give the White
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ads by a progressive nonprofit will target senators the group believes could cast the deciding vote in confirming Kennedy to lead HHS.
Manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in food will have until Jan. 15, 2027 to reformulate their products, while those who use the dye in drugs will have until Jan. 18, 2028, according to the FDA announcement. Food imported in the U.S. will also be required to comply with the new regulations.
Making America Healthy Again’ is a complicated, messy, and massive undertaking bound to meet resistance. Reducing nicotine in cigarettes shouldn’t be
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.
FDA’s ban on Red 3 is a shot across the bow to the food sector that could ironically help facilitate Kennedy’s pursuit of further changes.
Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon.
The FDA proposed a controversial rule that would limit the amount of nicotine in legal cigarettes to 0.07 milligrams in a move critics have said is effectively a ban.
The proposal in the waning days of the Biden administration leaves it up to President-elect Donald Trump to finalize the effort — or scrap it.
In the final days of the Biden administration, the F.D.A. is moving ahead with a proposal to require companies to produce a less addictive product for traditional smokers.