FDA Moves to Stop Nicotine AddictionTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 652, Segment 2
Oct 3, 2017 • 16m
Guest: Gordon Lindsay, Professor of Health Science, Brigham Young University
For the first time in its history, the Food and Drug Administration plans to limit how much nicotine is in cigarettes. The goal is to get the level so low that cigarettes will no longer be addictive. But the FDA does not plan to limit nicotine in e-cigarettes. Gordon Lindsay explains what’s behind the policy shift.