The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expects its new proposal for a very low nicotine cap on conventional cigarettes to be a net positive for alternative nicotine products.
The proposal still needs to go through a further consultation and review process. The comment period will extend to 15th September and include referring the proposal to the Tobacco Product Scientific Committee for a public meeting. The proposed rule will also have to survive a change in government leadership as well as civil service leadership to one that may prove less amenable to maintaining work on it.
