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Shoppers are trading down to cheap beer brands and discount cigarettes as they feel more pressure on their pocketbooks.Consumer prices in the U.S. rose at a 9.1% annual rate in June, the fastest pace in nearly 41 years, as strong consumer demand has collided with persistent supply shortages. In a survey released this month by the National Retail Federation, nearly half of consumers said that because of rising prices on everyday necessities, they were switching to cheaper alternatives. Vincent Jarbou, co-owner…

Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP (Getty Images)E-cig company Juul has had a black cloud above its head thanks to federal regulators’ efforts to squash the brand, but recent court and agency decisions might mean executive efforts to hamper vape companies could potentially go up in smoke.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Twitter that they stayed Juul’s marketing denial order late Tuesday. The agency wrote they “determined that there are scientific issues unique to the Juul application that warrant additional…

The US Food and Drug Administration or FDA has issued an administrative stay on its previous order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market. The…

Photo: Patrick T. FALLON / AFP (Getty Images)Juul Lab’s e-cigarette products have become “tobacco non grata” as federal regulators ordered the company to pull all its vape products from shelves and stop selling its wares Thursday. Just one day later, the vape company filed a last ditch effort to stop themselves from going up in smoke.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that Juul failed to show enough evidence that their products won’t impact public health in its premarket tobacco product application.…

Juul had sought authorization for its tobacco- and menthol-flavored products to stay on the U.S. market. Photo: elijah nouvelage/Reuters…

The Biden administration is moving forward on a plan to mandate the elimination of nearly all nicotine in cigarettes, a policy that would upend the $95 billion U.S. cigarette industry and, health officials say, prompt millions of people to quit smoking.The plan, unveiled Tuesday as part of the administration’s agenda of regulatory actions, likely wouldn’t take effect for several years. The FDA plans to publish a proposed rule in May 2023. Then it would invite public comments before publishing a final rule. Tobacco…

The move to reduce nicotine wouldn’t take effect for years, but could be the largest act against cigarettes in years. Photo: Axel Heimken (AP)Joe Biden’s administration is looking to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes sold in the U.S., the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The move could be a big blow to the tobacco industry but may help curb smokers’ dependence on cigarettes.The administration is expected to announce a policy this week that would require tobacco companies to cut back on the amount of nicotine…

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Fifteen years ago, a group of scientists, government officials and tobacco control veterans met to discuss a hypothesis: Could reducing nicotine in cigarettes break smokers’ addiction?The scientific studies that stemmed from that discussion form the basis for a policy the Biden administration is expected to announce as early as Tuesday. Under this plan, the Food and Drug Administration would require the elimination of nearly all nicotine from cigarettes sold in the U.S. “This would be really historic,” said Dorothy…