The study, commissioned by the Department of Health, draws on the most recent data from the British Doctors Study, which began in 1951 and is considered one of the world's first major studies of the effects of smoking
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I have received threats in my own career when I was the Director of an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) institution [for speaking against tobacco use], says Ravi Mehrotra, Founder of Indias Centre for Health Innovation and Policy (CHIP) Foundation, and former Director of ICMRs National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research
Were all very, very excited about the beginning, and we can now go and do the things we want to do. It's a particularly shrewd investment for the Richmond, Virginia-based company as popularity for tobacco products wanes in North America while the cannabis industry continues to experience considerable expansion as legalization laws spread across the continent and the globe
