{
  "id": 4647767,
  "title": "OPINION: Youth smoking is at historic lows. Let’s make sure nicotine policy keeps moving in the right direction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/opinion-youth-smoking-is-at-historic-lows-lets-make-sure-nicotine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T12:33:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/youth-smoking-historic-lows"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tobacco smoking and several other forms of substance use are at or near historic lows. Just 3.5% of students in Grades 7 through 12 reported smoking a cigarette in the past year, while nearly half reported abstaining entirely from alcohol, tobacco or nicotine, and cannabis.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}