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Biden's last-minute cigarette ban could kill jobs and welcome crime

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President Joe Biden is seeking to regulate nicotine levels in cigarettes in a last-ditch attempt to lower national smoking rates.

If adopted, the rule would effectively ban virtually all cigarettes currently available for commercial purchase in the United States .

Critics say it will have catastrophic, downstream effects on the economy and crime.

“We’re going in the right direction with tobacco,” he added. “So why do this now? And the fact that they don’t have any type of cessation elements involved with the ban, there’s nothing being done in conjunction with the ban to assist users to potentially quit. That to me proves that this is largely symbolic, retributive, and political. It’s well funded.”.