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Whilst adjustments for multiple testing reduce type one error rates (the rate of falsely finding a significant result), they simultaneously increase type two error rates (the rate of falsely concluding a null result), which increases the likelihood of missing important findings

We know that the tobacco industry has been strongly involved in smuggling in the past, says Luk Joossens, international expert for the Framework Convention Alliance, an organisation campaigning for a new global treaty to impose much stricter controls on the trade of cigarettes

The other measure, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, proposes to legalize the recreational use of marijuana and impose a state tax on its sales

Many of the chemicals in cigarette smoke affect the body locally but also enter the blood stream

"Euphoriant effects of nicotine in smokers" (PDF)