How Will Alcohol Research be Impacted by Future Reduction in Nicotine Content in Cigarettes?
The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking unprecedented steps to regulate tobacco products in order to improve public health. The FDA recently announced its intention to set product standards to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes available in the US to a minimally- or non-addictive level through an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) (Gottlieb and Zeller, 2017). Because of the strong connection of cigarette smoking to alcohol drinking, there is compelling reason for alcohol-focused researchers to consider how future mandated market-wide reductions of nicotine levels in cigarettes would have downstream impact on drinking behavior. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.