USA: Upcoming cigarettes will be able to have very little nicotine to not be addictive

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a plan to consider reducing nicotine in tobacco to limit drug addiction among young people today.

According to Fortune, in a report on July 28, the FDA said it plans to "start a public dialogue about reducing nicotine in cigarettes to a non-addictive level ".

"Because 90% of adult smokers have started smoking before turning 18 and every day nearly 2,500 teenagers start smoking cigarettes first in the United States, lowering nicotine levels can help reduce billions. smoking addiction in future generations and allows more people to quit smoking, " FDA said.

Lowering nicotine levels may help reduce the incidence of smoking addiction in future generations.

Tobacco use is associated with 480,000 deaths every year in the United States. According to the FDA, the cost of health care and tobacco loss costs have reached nearly $ 300 billion a year.

"There is a significant number of smoking-related deaths and illnesses, the only legal product that can kill half of users for a long time , " said Scott Gottlieb, FDA's trustee. know, "Unless we have a change, the 5.6 million young people living today may die early from tobacco use."

Immediately after the announcement of the FDA, the share prices of major tobacco companies in the US such as Big Tobacco, Altria Group, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris were all sharply reduced.

However, e-cigarette manufacturers are blessed with this announcement because their products have much lower nicotine than traditional cigarettes. The FDA said it would take a few more years for tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers to obtain state certification for products that have been marketed since February 2007.