"It's a comprehensive strategy of taxation, regulation, enhanced programming that is going to be essential to maximize the progress that we can make." This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 22, 2026
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In the mid-1980s, Philip Morris ran advertisements in New York Citys leading Black newspaper, The Amsterdam News , warning that Mayor Ed Kochs proposed restrictions on smoking in the workplace would promote a perfect backdrop for employers who wish to discriminate against minority employees, presumably because, compared to whites, a higher proportion of African Americans smoked
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At the same time, older meta-analyses failed to establish a clear association between cannabis smoking and lung cancer, largely because of inconsistent exposure assessment and heavy overlap with tobacco smoking (Pradre et al., 2026)
