22nd Century gets approval for reduced nicotine cigarettes!

Giving up cigarettes is easier when they contain less nicotine, a chemical stimulant that’s highly addictive. That’s the logic behind two new tobacco products now cleared for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Food and Drug Administration will allow 22nd Century Group to begin selling the first low-nicotine cigarettes reviewed by federal health regulators. The products contain roughly 95% less nicotine than standard cigarettes, according to the FDA.

Nicotine, which occurs naturally in tobacco plants, is the addictive chemical that makes cigarettes, chew and related products so hard to quit. Past efforts to sell similar low-nicotine products have fallen flat.

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