HM Sampoerna is the number one cigarette brand in Indonesia and the world's largest kretek (clove) cigarette manufacturer. It is the producer of some of the most well-known kretek cigarette brands, ...

In the heart of North Carolina tobacco country, one company manufactures cigarettes with ultralow nicotine levels designed to prevent smokers from getting addicted. Sales aren’t exactly sizzling.

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If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move away from these deadly products. That’s the rationale behind a new rule proposed on ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unveiled a proposed rule that would make tobacco companies slash nicotine levels in cigarettes, most cigars and other combustible tobacco products ...

The move could make cigarettes less addictive and easier to quit, the FDA said. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed a new rule limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes and other ...

Nicotine is what gets people hooked on cigarettes, despite their health risks and putrid smell. It is, in essence, what cigarette companies are selling, and what they’ve always been selling.