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For example, one natural experiment demonstrating the benefits of improving air quality occurred in North Carolina in 2002, as a result of the passage of the Clean Smokestacks Act mandating reduction in air pollutants generated by coal-fired power plants

They decided that rather than accepting the fact that smoking caused disease, they would create an independent research organization, the Tobacco Industry Research Committee, to fund research to get to the bottom of the smoking and health controversy. They announced the creation of the TIRC in full page ads in newspapers and magazines all over the country assuring smokers and policymakers that the companies accept an interest in peoples health as a basic responsibility, paramount to every other consideration in our business. The tobacco companies did no such thing

As a result, cities and counties lost the right to restrict smoking in community parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields

Tobacco can affect you physically and mentally