FDA Wants To Limit Nicotine in Cigarettes to 'Minimally or Nonaddictive Levels'

A model smokes a cigarette while a hair stylist styes her mane in New York City. (Credit: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

In a bold move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a rule that limits the levels of nicotine in cigarettes.

The rule would reduce the amount of nicotine in "combusted tobacco products" like cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco, to "minimally or nonaddictive levels," said the FDA in a statement released Wednesday.