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One way, which the researchers advocate, is to take what they call a property-based approach to regulation rather than one discrete chemical at a time. One of the collaborators, Sven Jordt, associate professor in anesthesiology at Duke, has been advising regulators in California

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"[If] they could make the case to consumers that the extra revenue will go into something they care about, whether it's helping them quit or something else, they're more likely to be supportive of those increases." With files from Vik Adhopia

He attended Anderson High School, where he played football and graduated in 1993