Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is strongly linked to smoking, with about 80% of lung cancer deaths attributed to tobacco use.

The rule proposes a maximum nicotine level of 0.7 milligrams (mg) per gram of tobacco -- a significant decrease from current levels, which can range anywhere from 6 mg to 28 mg per gram. The limit ...

Brian King, director of the FDA’s Center of Tobacco Products, said Wednesday that reducing the amount of nicotine in tobacco ...

The FDA has proposed limiting the level of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products like cigars and pipe tobacco to make them “minimally or nonaddictive,” according to a press ...

Tobacco companies will need to cut nicotine levels to 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco, a fraction of the 17.2 that most cigarette brands have have on average.

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive ... The limits on nicotine proposed Wednesday would apply to cigarettes, cigars and ...

The proposal would apply to cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, most cigars — including little cigars, cigarillos and most large cigars — and pipe tobacco ... with the agency toward ...