22nd Century Group Inc (XXII)

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Your predecessor proposed removing nicotine from cigarettes as a way to get people to stop smoking. But that policy disappeared from the FDA’s agenda late in 2019. What happened?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/trump-fda-chief-was-disgusted-by-riots-stayed-to-guide-agency-q-a

Bloomberg: You’re a cancer doctor by training. Your predecessor proposed removing nicotine from cigarettes as a way to get people to stop smoking. But that policy disappeared from the FDA’s agenda late in 2019. What happened?

Commissioner Hahn: I don't know what happened to it, but it was gone before my tenure started.

I have seen the scourge of combustible tobacco products and how that has affected the health of real people. I think we should be making every effort we can as a country to eliminate nicotine addiction and the use of combustible tobacco products. I realize that may not be a popular point of view.