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Congress and health care in 2025: More regulation over tobacco and nicotine

Author(s)Richard Payerchin

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ready to clamp down on the amount of nicotine in cigarettes? Smoking is a matter of patient choice, but lowering nicotine levels to make tobacco products less addictive could help patient health, said Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina).

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