The FDA says the proposed rule will apply to traditional cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco.

Argh! I’ve been smoking pipe tobacco this whole time to save money and avoid additives. Why not force companies to stop adding dangerous and unnecessary chemicals to their products? And if they care about people’s health and the burden on the healthcare industry so much, why not try actually fixing the broken healthcare/insurance system?

I may have to try growing my own tobacco.

Under President Biden, Zeller said the White House asked him to lay out a timeline for how a nicotine rule could be finalized by the end of 2024. Zeller said he delivered the plan in one of his last acts before retiring, and was not sure why the Biden administration failed to finalize the rule.

“I would not be forwarding this timeline to you, if I didn’t believe in good conscience that it could be met, as long as clearance times could be sped up,” Zeller recalled telling White House officials.

Didn’t stop people from giving Biden credit for accomplishing something just a few days ago…

This is the danger of giving credit before anything is done, they get the credit and quit.