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  1. Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Sunday Azagba, Leia M. Minaker & Steve Manske

  2. School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Sunday Azagba, David Hammond & Steve Manske

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Azagba, S., Minaker, L.M., Hammond, D. et al. Tobacco industry sponsored advocates have a different interpretation of science: a response to: Even anti-tobacco studies must be held to basic scientific standards. Cancer Causes Control 26, 1363–1364 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-015-0623-3

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