Biden administration expected to reduce cigarettes' nicotine levels: report

The Biden administration is reportedly expected to announce as soon as Tuesday that it will issue a rule that requires tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the U.S. to minimally or nonaddictive levels. 

The effort is expected to be revealed as part of the administration’s biannual “unified agenda,” The Washington Post reported, citing an anonymous individual familiar with the situation.

It said experts explained that it could take at least a year for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a proposed rule.

In April, the FDA proposed banning menthol cigarettes. 

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The Wall Street Journal first reported earlier in June that the Biden administration was planning to pursue this policy. 

The initiative would fit with the White House’s…