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FDA aims to slash nicotine levels in cigarettes

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking to require tobacco companies to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.

Such a plan may take years. Tobacco companies already have indicated any plan with significant reductions in nicotine would violate the law.

Only New Zealand has advanced such a plan.

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