Reem Ibrahim

Reem Ibrahim is the Communications Manager and Linda Whetstone Scholar at the Institute of Economic Affairs.

Removing the nicotine from cigarettes could be bad science

On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced a bizarre proposal to cap the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. This change could see as much as 95 per cent of the total nicotine content removed, aiming to ‘save many lives and dramatically reduce the burden of severe illness and disability’, according to FDA Commissioner Robert Calliff. Reducing