FDA proposes sweeping limits on nicotine in cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a sweeping proposal Wednesday to try to make cigarettes less addictive by lowering the amount of nicotine they contain, an 11th-hour plan from the Biden administration that will take years to go into effect, if it happens at all.

The move gives the White House one last chance to try to regulate tobacco, as it previously punted on finalizing a long-standing pledge to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes. 

The FDA in the proposal estimated that if implemented...