New Legislation Aims to Cap Nicotine Levels in E-Cigarettes
- 5 years ago
New Legislation Aims to Cap
Nicotine Levels in E-Cigarettes.
The bill would limit nicotine
content to no more than
20 milligrams per milliliter.
Popular e-cigarette Juul contains
several times that amount, with its
5% pods containing about 59mg/ml.
The change is intended to prevent addiction among youth,
which has become a widespread issue in the United States.
The US Food and Drug Administration
revealed that 27.5% of high schoolers
used e-cigarettes, up from 11.7% in 2017.
Capping the concentration of nicotine in e-cigarettes is integral to ending the youth vaping epidemic by making these products less addictive, less appealing to youth, and less harmful to public health, US Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi
Nicotine Levels in E-Cigarettes.
The bill would limit nicotine
content to no more than
20 milligrams per milliliter.
Popular e-cigarette Juul contains
several times that amount, with its
5% pods containing about 59mg/ml.
The change is intended to prevent addiction among youth,
which has become a widespread issue in the United States.
The US Food and Drug Administration
revealed that 27.5% of high schoolers
used e-cigarettes, up from 11.7% in 2017.
Capping the concentration of nicotine in e-cigarettes is integral to ending the youth vaping epidemic by making these products less addictive, less appealing to youth, and less harmful to public health, US Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi