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applegrove

(118,654 posts)
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 05:00 PM Apr 2021

Wow. Biden policy to save millions of lives. GOP is going to squeal

with unhappiness.

Biden May Cut Nicotine In Cigarettes

April 19, 2021 at 4:23 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 59 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/19/biden-may-cut-nicotine-in-cigarettes/

"SNIP......

“The Biden administration is considering requiring tobacco companies to reduce the nicotine levels in all cigarettes sold in the U.S. to levels at which they are no longer addictive,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

......SNIP"

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Wow. Biden policy to save millions of lives. GOP is going to squeal (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2021 OP
Oh gosh. Biden just doesn't get the concept of... LakeArenal Apr 2021 #1
As a former smoker I would love to see it. Just roday noticed they were $7.20 a pack in OK SoonerPride Apr 2021 #2
When I started smoking they were $0.35 per pack. 11 Bravo Apr 2021 #4
Wouldn't that require zero nicotine? SheltieLover Apr 2021 #3
People will smoke more cigarettes to get their fix. Patterson Apr 2021 #5
Is that why people are so agitated? bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #6

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
2. As a former smoker I would love to see it. Just roday noticed they were $7.20 a pack in OK
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 05:03 PM
Apr 2021

And when I smoked they were a buck a pack.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
4. When I started smoking they were $0.35 per pack.
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 05:11 PM
Apr 2021

I quit in 1997. (Oral cancer, now cured, provided a powerful incentive.)

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
3. Wouldn't that require zero nicotine?
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 05:06 PM
Apr 2021

It is clearly an addictive substance & part of that definition is increased tolerance & use.

He should make them rake all the addctive additives out of them.

Patterson

(1,530 posts)
5. People will smoke more cigarettes to get their fix.
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 05:11 PM
Apr 2021

Maybe even two at once. I've seen Russians do it. They will also switch to vaping.

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