Trump’s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said little about how regulating tobacco ... The FDA has spent years studying the issue and said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers quit 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 eleventh-hour plan from

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable.

The proposal in the waning days of the Biden administration leaves it up to President-elect Donald Trump to finalize the effort — or scrap it.

“Nicotine is the primary addictive chemical ... where his pick to run the Department of the Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has in the past been an anti-vaccine advocate ...

Manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in food will have until Jan. 15, 2027 to reformulate their products, while those who use the dye in drugs will have until Jan. 18, 2028, according to the FDA announcement. Food imported in the U.S. will also be required to comply with the new regulations.

In the final days of the Biden administration, the F.D.A. is moving ahead with a proposal to require companies to produce a less addictive product for traditional smokers.

Trump’s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said little about how ... studying the issue and said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers ...

Nicotine is the substance in cigarettes ... but the president's nominee to head Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has talked a lot about the prevalence of preventable chronic ...

Trump’s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said little about how ... the issue and said Wednesday that reducing nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers quit ...

Kennedy Jr. could be seen as someone willing to shake things up and challenge the norm. In a recent chat with renowned marketing podcaster Joe Polish, Kennedy, a staunch vaccine critic, laid out his radical ideas to overhaul the public health system.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday and Thursday, health advocates find themselves in an uncomfortable position.