The FDA is Considering a Cigarette Regulation that Could Have 2 Deadly Consequences

Cigarettes are bad for your health. But government meddling can be, too.
That reality isn’t stopping the Food and Drug Administration from possibly embarking on its latest public health regulatory crusade. New reports reveal that the Biden administration is considering mandating a decrease in the amount of nicotine in cigarettes in hopes of reducing addiction.
More Smoking Means More Cancer-Because it is tar and other carcinogenic substances in cigarettes that cause cancer—not the nicotine itself—this would likely mean more cases of lung cancer and more premature deaths.
Black Market Products Could Be Dangerous and Even Deadly--Mysterious lung illnesses resulting in at least 33 deaths were initially linked to e-cigarette use, also known as vaping. But studies and closer examination revealed that legal vaping products, already in use for years with no recorded deaths, weren’t to blame. Almost all of the cases of illness and death were eventually traced back to black-market THC products used in vaping, unsafe products that only emerged because marijuana is still illegal in most of the United States.