In June of 2022, The Food and Drug Administration announced their new goal of reducing the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. Nicotine on an annual basis kills up to 480,000 people a year. While nicotine isn’t the most dangerous element of cigarettes, the nicotine makes them hard to quit, which equals to more consumption of toxic elements.
The FDA describes nicotine as: A toxic mix of chemicals—not nicotine—cause the serious health effects among those who use tobacco products, including fatal lung diseases, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer.
A tobacco and cigarette expert at Wake Forest University School, Eric Donny stated that 95% of the nicotine in cigarettes have to be removed or else the “compensatory smoking” where the nicotine still becomes addicting, would stay.
Nicotine’s power shouldn’t be doubted. Because of it, only 1 in 10 of all adults who smoke can successfully quit. “Nicotine is powerfully addictive,” said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. “Making cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products minimally addictive or non-addictive would help save lives. The U.S. Surgeon General has reported that 87 percent of adult smokers start smoking before age 18, and about two-thirds of adult daily smokers began smoking daily by 18 years of age. Of course, if nicotine levels were reduced, less people would be addicted to the nicotine.”
New England’s Journal of Medicine reported that by 2100, the product of cigarettes might only be used by 1.4% of the population, or 33 million, compared to now, 12.5% right now. These studies show to be a good sign, as less people smoking means less people dying from smoking.
The FDA describes nicotine as: A toxic mix of chemicals—not nicotine—cause the serious health effects among those who use tobacco products, including fatal lung diseases, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer.
A tobacco and cigarette expert at Wake Forest University School, Eric Donny stated that 95% of the nicotine in cigarettes have to be removed or else the “compensatory smoking” where the nicotine still becomes addicting, would stay.
Nicotine’s power shouldn’t be doubted. Because of it, only 1 in 10 of all adults who smoke can successfully quit. “Nicotine is powerfully addictive,” said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. “Making cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products minimally addictive or non-addictive would help save lives. The U.S. Surgeon General has reported that 87 percent of adult smokers start smoking before age 18, and about two-thirds of adult daily smokers began smoking daily by 18 years of age. Of course, if nicotine levels were reduced, less people would be addicted to the nicotine.”
New England’s Journal of Medicine reported that by 2100, the product of cigarettes might only be used by 1.4% of the population, or 33 million, compared to now, 12.5% right now. These studies show to be a good sign, as less people smoking means less people dying from smoking.
