nicotine
noun
nic·o·tine
ˈni-kə-ˌtēn 
: a poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide
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The Biden administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an eleventh-hour effort that’s been years in the making.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The regulation wouldn't ban the sale of cigarettes but only require the level of nicotine to remain below a certain threshold, the specifics of which haven't been made publicly available.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
These provide nicotine to ease withdrawal symptoms and help smokers quit cigarettes, which are much more dangerous.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Its efforts helped end a study of nicotine addiction in monkeys at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ban several dog experiments at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and shut down toxoplasmosis research in cats at a U.S. Department of Agriculture lab.
—Bydavid Grimm, science.org, 10 Dec. 2024
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The regulation wouldn't ban the sale of cigarettes but only require the level of nicotine to remain below a certain threshold, the specifics of which haven't been made publicly available.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
These provide nicotine to ease withdrawal symptoms and help smokers quit cigarettes, which are much more dangerous.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Its efforts helped end a study of nicotine addiction in monkeys at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ban several dog experiments at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and shut down toxoplasmosis research in cats at a U.S. Department of Agriculture lab.
—Bydavid Grimm, science.org, 10 Dec. 2024
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nicotine
noun
nic·o·tine
ˈnik-ə-ˌtēn
: a poisonous substance found in tobacco and used as an insecticide
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nicotine
noun
nic·o·tine
ˈnik-ə-ˌtēn
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