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Switch to tobacco harm-reducing alternatives paying off - The Standard

The switch from combustible cigarettes to tobacco harm-reducing alternatives such as snus a moist powdered tobacco usually held between the mouth and lips has demonstrably led to a “decline in smoking by reducing initiation and increasing cessation” in countries such as Norway and Sweden, experts say.

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Award-Winning Literary and Scholarly Works by African Americans (to 2013)

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(1995) Barbara Jordan’s Acceptance Speech for the Sylvanus Thayer Award from the United States Military Academy, West Point

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