FDA's Proposed Nicotine Ban Could Fuel Black Market, Expert Warns

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is nearing the finalization of a rule that would effectively ban cigarettes with current nicotine levels in favor of lower-nicotine products. Experts warn that this could inadvertently boost the black market, benefiting criminal organizations. Rich Marianos, a former ATF official, expressed concerns that the ban would lead to increased street violence and continued smoking in America.

The Food and Drug Administration is moving forward with a regulatory rule in the final days of the Biden administration that would effectively ban cigarettes currently on the market in favor of products with lower nicotine levels, which could end up boosting business for cartels operating on the black market, an expert tells Fox News Digital.

Nobody sat down with law enforcement, nobody sat down with any doctors, No one sat down with any regulators to find out, ‘Hey, look, what are the unintended ramifications of such a poor choice,’ and that's what I'm going to call it, a poor choice,' Marianos said. He explained that Mexican cartels are well-positioned to bring illegal tobacco across the border, as they do with substances such as fentanyl that have devastated communities across the U.S.

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