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The US government’s call for deep nicotine reduction in cigarettes could save millions of lives – an expert who studies tobacco addiction explains

  • Written by Jonathan Foulds, Professor of Public Health Sciences and Psychiatry, Penn State
The US government’s call for deep nicotine reduction in cigarettes could save millions of lives – an expert who studies tobacco addiction explainsA 95% reduction in the nicotine content of cigars and cigarettes would make these tobacco products largely nonaddictive.Robert Recker/The Image Bank via Getty Images

The cigarette is the only legal consumer product that – when used as intended – causes the premature death of half of long-term users.

To address this long-standing health...

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