FDA Tries Last-Ditch Move to Slash Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The agency is asking the White House, in the final days of the Biden era, to move ahead with plans to drastically reduce the addictive substance in traditional tobacco cigarettes.
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Mexico flight crew detains passenger who tried to divert plane to US
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Juarno Augustus powers Northampton to win over Castres with brace of tries
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FDA may finally ban artificial red food dye from foods
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Romania tries to suppress a far-right surge
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Celtics' Brown fined $25K for throat-slash gesture
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Celtics' Jaylen Brown fined $25,000 for making throat-slashing gesture toward Pistons player
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Celtics' Jaylen Brown fined $25,000 by NBA for making throat-slash gesture toward Pistons' Isaiah Stewart
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Nigel Farage’s biggest backer tried to send donation via associate
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German construction industry stabilizes at low level
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Migrant crossings at points of entry reach new levels
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Lori Vallow Daybell can be tried in the death of estranged husband
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Musk eyeing federal remote work policies to help slash $2T from budget
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Musk’s Neuralink Animal Lab Cited by FDA for ‘Objectionable Conditions’
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Jaylen expects to hear from NBA after throat-slash dunk celebration
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No. 24 Army tries to end 1st season in the AAC with a championship by beating Tulane
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Who is the South Korean leader who tried to impose martial law?
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Eli Lilly Chief Says He Will Fight for the FDA, Challenging RFK Jr.’s Stance
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An Indigenous Group in Quebec Tries to Keep the Caribou Alive
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Cooper Flagg Is on a Different Level. But the Competition Is Rising.
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Supreme Court hears arguments over FDA’s refusal to approve flavored e-cigarettes
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Groups urge Congress to rein in federal bureaucracy after Supreme Court slashes agency authority
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