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One study showed people with severe mental illness who were given a tailored stop-smoking intervention were twice as likely to quit as those using standard stop-smoking services (University of York et al, 2019)

[467] In a March 2014 letter to Human Rights Watch, Universal stated that it has agreed with the fundamental positions contained in the International Labor Organizations Convention 138 on minimum age and Convention 182 on the worst forms of child labor. [468] Universal acknowledged that its approach presents challenges as many regions around the world have conflicting laws about minimum age or the definitions of child labor and hazardous work (or there are no laws at all). [469] Universal states that in its contracts with tobacco growers in the US it expressly forbids our growers to employ workers under the applicable minimum legal age for the specific work performed. [470] Universal also noted, as have some other tobacco manufacturing companies whom Human Rights Watch contacted in conjunction with this report, that it has limited agronomy personnel for support, training, and monitoring of its contracted growers in the US and that universities agricultural extension services fulfill these functions

These include avoiding synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, promoting crop rotation, and emphasizing soil health through composting and cover cropping

The FDA described this as its first authorization of non-tobacco and non-menthol ENDS products through the PMTA pathway