Illinois Democrat proposes capping nicotine levels in e-cigarettes

By Cassidy Morrison

Published October 7, 2019 8:43pm ET

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Illinois Democrat proposes capping nicotine levels in e-cigarettes — A Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette and flavored pods are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Sunday July 8, 2018. Juul Labs, the maker of the popular e-cigarette brand that has recently come under fire from health officials over its popularity with young adults, plans to introduce a line of lower-nicotine pods. The company will begin to sell pods with a 3-percent nicotine concentration in its mint and Virginia tobacco flavors later this year, according to a statement Thursday. | (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg)

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois Democrat, proposed a plan Monday to cap nicotine levels in e-cigarettes, a new and aggressive strategy for countering a rise in teen vaping that officials consider an epidemic.

“We can and must regulate nicotine levels in potent e-cigarette devices to make vaping less addictive and less appealing to youth,” Krishnamoorthi said at the City Club of Chicago. “We just have to do it. There’s no other choice.”

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