For decades tobacco companies have twisted and obscured information, seeded and sold doubt, worked to discredit scientists and public health advocates, made their products more addictive and harder to quit, capitalized on residents of lower-income communities, and pushed menthol cigarettes in Black communities to the point that Black Americans die disproportionately from tobacco-related illnesses
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The American Lung Association recommends you have your home tested for radon, a toxic gas that can cause lung cancer
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The draft proposal released in March would also move up a critical deadline to 2021
