US media: Metaids to restrict the content of cigarette Nigine to reduce smoking addiction to promote smoking cessation

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The Biden government intends to demand tobacco companies to reduce the nicotine content in traditional cigarettes to reduce their addiction. The United States CNN reported on the 22nd that the US Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it will launch a procedure for new regulations to restrict the highest nicotine content of tobacco products to reduce smoking addiction and promote smoking cessation.

It is reported that nicotine has high addiction and is also the main reason why people smoke. Data show that although the number of smokers in the United States has dropped sharply over the past 15 years, 12.5%of American adults have smoking as of 2020, and more than 16 million people have suffered from smoking -related diseases. In addition, relevant surveys show that more than 2/3 young smokers want to quit smoking. FDA estimates that reducing the nicotine content of tobacco products can avoid more than 33 million people becoming "old smokers", and the number of smoking quitting people can increase the number of smokers within one year within one year. Smoke -controlled people said that if this provision can be implemented in the United States, it will also be huge for reducing diseases such as cancer.

However, the report also pointed out that the nocydine cigarettes may still lead to disease. In addition, public health people warn that tobacco companies may filed a lawsuit to prevent the rules from landing.

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