The proposal in the waning days of the Biden administration leaves it up to Donald Trump to finalize the effort — or scrap it.

During the final days of the Biden administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to issue a ban on menthol cigarettes and a mandate for Very Low-Nicotine (VLN)

Poposed FDA rule would mandate a reduction to minimally or nonaddictive levels.

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing limits on the level of nicotine in cigarettes and some other types of tobacco products, such as cigars and pipe tobacco, in order to make them less addictive,

In the final days of the Biden administration, the F.D.A. is moving ahead with a proposal to require companies to produce a less addictive product for traditional smokers.