The Biden government intends to limit the nicotine content of tobacco products, or to minimize the minimum addiction

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

Intern Zeng Zheng

According to CNN, on June 22, local time, the Bayeng government announced a proposed regulation that the highest content of nicotine in the limited tobacco products was proposed to promote smoking cessation. Public health experts said that if this provision can be landed, it will be a "transformative move" launched by the American government in terms of tobacco control.

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It is reported that the proposed regulations require that tobacco companies to reduce the nicotine content in traditional cigarettes and other tobacco products to reduce smoking addiction, which can help smokers quit smoking more effectively.

"Nicotine is easy to make people addicted." The US Food and Drug Administration emphasized in a statement. It is understood that nicotine will make people dependence. According to the US Food and Drug Administration, nicotine will change the operation of the smoker's brain over time.

"In fact, more than half of the smokers try to quit smoking every year, but because nicotine will make people addicted, most people fail to quit smoking. If new product standards can be promulgated and implemented, then the addiction of tobacco products in the future will be addicted to the addiction of tobacco products. It can be reduced to the minimum or not addictive. "The US Food and Drug Administration said in a statement.

In addition, there are relevant experts in an interview that if the proposed provision can be implemented in the United States, it is of great significance to reduce cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and respiratory diseases.

According to data from the US Disease Control and Prevention, about 480,000 people died of smoking. The report pointed out that although the number of smokers in the United States has fallen sharply in the past 15 years, as of 2020, about 12.5%of American adults (about 30.8 million Americans) smoke, and more than 16 million people have diseases related to smoking.

The US Food and Drug Administration estimates that reducing the nicotine content in tobacco products can avoid 33 million Americans become "smokers", and increase the number of smoking quites within one year within one year.

But at the same time, the report also pointed out that even tobacco products with low nicotine content may cause disease. In addition, relevant experts warned that "it is likely" to filed a lawsuit after Tobacco Company to prevent the proposed regulations from landing.

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