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Localities must be able to enact strong tobacco policies that protect and improve the health of their residents

Suggestions that this may be due to a biological cause (melanin levels having an effect on nicotine metabolism) have been questioned, and it has suggested that if an effect is present it may be more attributable to social discrimination as a result of colorism, with further research needed to rule out sociological factors

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Katherine Heigl Heigl is another mother and actress on this list who used to be a smoker but quit when she knew became a mother