TOBACCO firms could be forced to slash the amount of nicotine in US cigarettes, under radical plans from the Food and Drug Administration. Proposals announced last week would see the amount of nicotine in most existing brands cut down to only around 0.4 milligrams. According to one analysis, this would cause 5 million people to quit smoking in the first year and deter 33 million people from taking it up by 2100.
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