The Food and Drug Administration is looking into whether to lower the nicotine levels in cigarettes to prevent addiction.
The agency said Friday that it would look into the addictive levels of nicotine as part of a larger strategy to curb addiction.
“Because nicotine lives at the core of both the problem and the solution to the question of addiction, addressing the addictive levels of nicotine in combustible cigarettes must be part of the FDA’s strategy,” said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
The agency said it plans to start a public dialogue to lowering nicotine levels to “non-addictive levels through achievable product standards.”
The FDA did not say what level it was aiming for.
