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Biden Might Force Tobacco Companies to Cut Cigarette Nicotine Levels

Published 04/19/2021, 03:26 PM
Updated 04/19/2021, 03:35 PM
© Reuters.

By Yasin Ebrahim 

Investing.com - Tobacco stocks were on the back foot Monday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration is considering requiring tobacco companies to cut the nicotine levels in all cigarettes sold in the U.S. to make them less addictive.   

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM), Altria Group (NYSE:MO), Reynolds Consumer Products Inc (NASDAQ:REYN) moved lower.

The possible policy measure would force the companies to reduce the chemical in cigarettes to nonadditive or minimally addictive levels, to persuade smokers to quit or switch to less harmful alternatives such as e-cigarettes, gums, or lozenges, according to The Wall Street Journal.   

 

 

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ultimate government over reach
yeah I actually like biden except for the fact he wants to please everyone which can't be done so you have to take certain stands and this is nonsense I'm just gonna smoke 2 packs a day now
Yall tried one of those vapes that stuffs like crack
Nanny State x10
buy foreign tobacco and roll your own. I've been smoking two packs a days for 10 years and have never been addicted to nicotine
🤣🤣
You have never been addicted to nicotine ? Let’s just say you have never contemplated stopping your smoking. Try it and you will know whether you are addicted to nicotine.
Nanny government here to take care of us. We’d never survive without them.
Yea, nanny government trying to take care of smokers. If it were me I would just outright ban cigarettes and let them all wriggle in agony of withdrawal.
Whatever happened to frre enterpriseBiden aeems to have his gand in everyones face and pocket
He's doing something, not like someone else.
I hope all the taxes the high gas prices and illegals work for you
Ridiculous.  He has no power to do that despite the leftists thinking he is a King.
I hope you dems are happy with big gov telling you what to do. This is just the beginning
Ronaled Reagan said it beat they wanna be in your pocket and in every facet of your life
Biden will not restrict smoking of parmesan cheese of Hunter Biden thats off limits
Who smokes cigs in 2021 eww
Better than pole like you Dario
Dario blows😂
They need to show that nicotine is addictive first before they can do this. I have never gotten addicted to nicotine so I don't think that is right.
Uh, people do the amount of drugs they want. They’ll just smoke more cigs. I’d actually be more unconfortable knowing they messed around with what’s naturally in the tobacco plant.
I'll just smoke 2 cigarettes at once lol. I worked on long liners in Alaska for years id light up 3 at a time all the water and spray would put them out. 3 drags of 3 cigarettes equals 1
Sniffer doesn't have a clue
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