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The tobacco industry's efforts to deny the cancer risks of smoking
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The tobacco industry argued that cigarettes causing cancer was a political opinion rather than a scientific fact in order to distract from the truth that cigarettes cause a range of deadly diseases, including blindness and amputation. These efforts allowed them to keep selling cigarettes and ignoring the serious health risks associated with smoking.
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