Can Big Tobacco Really Quit Cigarettes?

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FDA Wants to Cut Cigarette Nicotine Levels

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The tobacco industry’s race to create less-harmful nicotine products just kicked into overdrive.

With U.S. officials pushing to cut the nicotine in cigarettes below addictive levels, there’s new urgency to switch to next-generation smoking products that are higher-tech -- and purportedly lower-risk.