Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes until non-addictive
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#2Have these same regulations been applied to vaporizers? Anecdotally it seems these have taken over the majority of nicotine consumption in the US (along with Zyn pouches).
Re: Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes until non-addictive
#3Have these same regulations been applied to vaporizers? Anecdotally it seems these have taken over the majority of nicotine consumption in the US (along with Zyn pouches).
> Anecdotally it seems these have taken over the majority of nicotine consumption in the US
Cigarettes have not. The drop in cigarette-smoking rate been basically linear.
Through 2018: https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/tobacco...
Through 2020: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adul...
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#4No post body was provided.
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#5I wonder if we should expect similar regulation, within my lifetime, for alcohol and sugary foods? Both are strongly associated with a variety of common diseases, and alcohol itself is seemingly associated with numerous common cancers.
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#6This sounds absolutely bonkers, tobacco plant will quickly be illegally cultivated. Without the nicotine it will also be harder to cultivate and make cigarettes more costly.
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#7Which part of the US Constitution gives Biden that power?
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#8Which part of the US Constitution gives Biden that power?
If I had to bet, the commerce clause.
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#9I am skeptical of a "non-addictive" cigarette. My experience with tapering nicotine vape concentration is that if the puffs don't satisfy, one will tend to just puff more.
I couldn't find Biden's proposal, and later realized the report is based on insider knowledge. I doubt there is any benefit to dictating nicotine levels, or any basis for a theoretical benefit.
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#10Have these same regulations been applied to vaporizers? Anecdotally it seems these have taken over the majority of nicotine consumption in the US (along with Zyn pouches).
They don't exist yet so they can't have been applied to vaporizers.