Feds should think twice before trying to reduce nicotine in cigarettes
From: The Hill | Opinion
By Carrie Wade, opinion contributor
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VLNCs contain nicotine at levels that do not produce physiological effects, rendering what residual nicotine they do contain ineffective. There is no other available consumer product that delivers only the harm and none of the perceived user benefit, especially one proposed by a health agency.
Using a public-health ethics framework, the proposal for VLNCs might not pass muster upon closer examination. There are several central questions proposed by Dr. Nancy Kass of Johns Hopkins University that would need to be considered before public health officials can decide whether VLNCs are in the best interests of society.
