On Tuesday, the White House Office of Management and Budget announced that the Biden administration plans to propose a rule setting a maximum nicotine level for cigarettes and other tobacco products in an effort to reduce their addictiveness.
According to a document released by the White House Office of Budget, this regulation is expected to be established in May 2023 with the aim of making it easier for tobacco users to quit and helping prevent young people from becoming regular smokers.
This proposal comes at a time when the Biden administration is redoubling its efforts to combat deaths related to cancer.
Earlier this year, the government announced plans to reduce cancer mortality rates by at least 50% over the next 25 years.
Nicotine is an addictive substance found in tobacco. Tobacco products also contain several harmful chemicals, many of which can lead to cancer.
According to data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), tobacco use costs nearly $300 billion in direct medical and productivity losses every year.
Smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke in the United States result in approximately 480,000 premature deaths each year, according to health experts who have long identified this as the leading cause of preventable death.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, over 7,300 non-smokers die each year from lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke. Currently, the smoking rate among American adults is 12.5%.
In April of this year, the US Food and Drug Administration released a long-awaited proposal to ban mint-flavored cigarettes and flavored cigars, which is seen as a major victory for anti-smoking advocates.
Source: Reuters
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