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U.S. Smoking Rates Hit Record Low
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U.S. House votes to kill sales tax on medical devices
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to kill a sales tax on medical devices that the medical-technology industry have
Despite opioid epidemic, public support for needle exchange programs, safe injection sites remains low in U.S.
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