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How Medicaid ACOs Can Lead the US Towards Maternal Health Equity

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First-Ever Local Tobacco Sales Ban Nearly Eliminated Tobacco Purchases In California Cities

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Cigarette Pricing Policy Linked to Decrease in Sales in California City

January 18, 2025
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Dual Smoking and Vaping Doesn’t Cut Cardiovascular Risk

January 6, 2021
Youth Vaping Is Down during COVID
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How to Keep Youth Vaping in Decline After COVID

December 10, 2020
Vaping May Increase Respiratory Disease Risk by More Than 40 Percent
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Vaping May Increase Respiratory Disease Risk by More Than 40 Percent

November 12, 2020
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Coming Out as Bisexual Associated with Increased Risk of Smoking

November 4, 2020
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DDT Was Banned Decades Ago. Why Is It Still Detectable in These Women?

May 6, 2020
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Fading Fingerprints of Beedi Workers in India

April 16, 2020
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Combined Prenatal Smoking and Drinking Greatly Increases SIDS Risk

February 6, 2020
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‘I Wanted to Understand Their Livelihood’

November 4, 2019

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