31.   Rep. Douglas Stoddart, a Republican who is the main sponsor of the bill, urged his colleagues to support lowering nicotine levels.

32.   Still unresolved is placing a limit on how far the agency could reduce nicotine levels.

33.   Talks also focused on limiting how far the FDA could reduce nicotine levels.

34.   Talks this week also focused on placing a limit on how far the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could reduce nicotine levels.

35.   The ability to alter the nicotine level in cigarettes and other tobacco products is what is important at the FDA, not any actual changes.

36.   The agency would have to prove that reducing nicotine levels would not create a black market in high-nicotine cigarettes.

37.   The agency would have to prove that reductions in nicotine levels would lead to measurable health improvements, a burden that has never been imposed on the FDA.

38.   The agency would have to prove that reductions in nicotine levels would lead to measurable health improvements, a burden that had never been imposed on the FDA.

39.   The amount of smoking the women did was gauged by measuring nicotine derivative levels in their urine.

40.   The attorney accused the industry of manipulating nicotine levels to hook children.