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Architect of hemp law says she ‘did not know’ that highly-potent compounds could be made from the plant.

The new labels are being proposed after The Examination revealed that British American Tobacco had successfully lobbied for minimal health warnings on its products.

While studies show that food products, consumer habits and awareness have changed, experts say that it can take decades for obesity rates to budge.

Investigations by The Examination, The New York Times and El Universo uncovered food safety lapses that caused hundreds of children to be poisoned by cinnamon that went from Sri Lanka to Ecuador to the U.S.

The agency said food and sugar industry trade groups and nutrition influencers failed to adequately disclose who was behind paid advertising.

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Smoking rates have declined dramatically in much of the world since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was signed 20 years ago. But not in China – and its people are suffering the consequences.

Measuring the power and influence of the world’s largest cigarette manufacturer.

Twenty years on, the landmark Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has changed tobacco policy across the world — but still faces fierce industry resistance.   

Six ways China has side-stepped the global anti-tobacco treaty