Officials proposed limiting the amount of nicotine to make cigarettes less addictive, but it's unclear if the incoming administration will offer support.

Brian King, director of the FDA’s Center of Tobacco Products, said Wednesday that reducing the amount of nicotine in tobacco products to the levels proposed in the new rule should significantly reduce their addictive qualities, making it easier for individuals to quit.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a sweeping proposal Wednesday to try to make cigarettes less addictive by lowering the amount of nicotine they contain, an eleventh-hour plan from

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation’s top health agency under President Donald Trump, according to government ethics documents released on Wednesday.

While it did not happen during his first term, reducing nicotine aligns with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement championed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to be Health and Human Services secretary. “As a nation, we are having a ...

Manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in food will have until Jan. 15, 2027 to reformulate their products, while those who use the dye in drugs will have until Jan. 18, 2028, according to the FDA announcement. Food imported in the U.S. will also be required to comply with the new regulations.

Nicotine is the substance in cigarettes that makes them ... but the president's nominee to head Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has talked a lot about the prevalence of preventable chronic illness, including cardiovascular disease.

The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department ... toxins (which result from burning tobacco) and nicotine. There are over 7,000 chemicals that are inhaled into ...

Trump’s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said little about how ... studying the issue and said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers ...

Changing the membership of an obscure advisory committee could have an outsize effect on Americans’ protection against disease.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced author, lawyer, and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for secretary of health and human services on November 14, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation.

Cigarettes were once ubiquitous in American life. That's changed over the last 50 years as tobacco advertising disappeared from the airwaves and a massive health campaign discouraged Americans from smoking. Now cigarettes themselves might be all but regulated out of existence.