According to epidemiologist David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health in the Clinton Administration, the tobacco industry invented the " sound science " movement in the 1980s as part of their campaign against the regulation of second-hand smoke.

According to the WWF and Digital Map of European Ecological Regions by the European Environment Agency, Macedonia's territory can be subdivided into four ecoregions: the Pindus Mountains mixed forests, Balkan mixed forests, Rhodopes mixed forests and Aegean sclerophyllous and mixed forests.

According to the Global Resource Information Database of the United Nations Environment Programme, it shrank as much as 95 % from about 1963 to 1998, but " the 2007 ( satellite ) image shows significant improvement over previous years.

According to ISA315 Understanding the Entity and its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement, " the auditor should perform risk assessment procedures to obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control.

According to the Environment Agency ( 2000 ), Corus ( Scunthorpe, Llanwern, Port Talbot, Teeside ) was the biggest industrial polluter ( Dioxin ) in the United Kingdom.

According to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and Environment Canada the oil sands make up about 5 % of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, or 0. 1 % of global greenhouse gas emissions.

According to the " Report on Investment Environment in China 2003 " by the World Bank, Jiangmen ranked the fourth after Shanghai, Hangzhou and Dalian of 23 cities under evaluation in China.

According to the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division, an additional agreement by Schlumberger to purchase and remove dams will directly improve the Twelvemile Creek, South Carolina ecosystem and provide significant environmental benefits for the affected communities.

According to Sierra Club and Environment Texas, analysis of Shell ’ s reports to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, air pollutants released at Deer Park since 2003 exceeded the EPA's emissions limits.

According to Environment Canada, Portage la Prairie has the most sunny days during the warm months in Canada.

According to the Environment Canada Climate Severity Index, Isachsen and the surrounding area has the worst weather in Canada with a CSI severity value of 99 out of a possible 100.

According to a 2003 report by the United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization, the population of Wakhan suffers from lack of education, poverty, ill health, food insecurity and opium addiction.

According to a report released by International Institute for Environment and Development, a UK-based policy research non-governmental body, Asansol is among the 11 Indian cities in the list of 100 fastest growing cities in the world with a rank of 42.

According to Antonio Brack, Peru ’ s Environment Minister, " Pisco Sour has been the ' star ' of the APEC Summit, the drink was served in several meetings at the Government Palace and the APEC Summit venue ".

According to the Department of the Environment ( DoE ), 20, 000 tonnes of tannery waste, including some highly toxic materials, are released into the river every day.

According to the NBC website, Vinick serves as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and serves on the Committees on Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works.

According to the UK's Environment Agency, 76 % of British carrier bags are reused.

According to a 2006 report by the Livestock, Environment And Development Initiative, the livestock industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation worldwide, and modern practices of raising animals for food contributes on a " massive scale " to air and water pollution, land degradation, climate change, and loss of biodiversity.

According to Environment Canada and other groups, the bog ecosystem is under threat from the proposed South Fraser Perimeter Road.

According to " The Business Case for Creating a Healing Environment " ( Malkin, 2003 ) written by healthcare design expert Jain Malkin and published by The Center for Health Design, the physical setting has the potential to be therapeutic if it achieves the following:

According to the Law 4 / 1994 for the Protection of the Environment, the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency ( EEAA ) was restructured with the new mandate to substitute the institution initially established in 1982.

According to the mentioned European Federation for Transport and Environment study, Fiat is the best performer in Europe.

According to The Canadian Dictionary of ASL there are five broad regions of ASL variation in Canada, the Pacific, Prairie, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic regions.

According to the Fraser Institute, Alberta has very high levels of economic freedom and rates Alberta as the most free economy in Canada, and second most free economy amongst U. S. states and Canadian provinces.

According to the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies in 2008, Canada had 69 companies in the list, ranking 5th next to France.

According to the Census of Canada, the population of Cape Breton Island in 2011 was 135, 974, a 4. 4 % decline from 142, 298 in 2006, and a 14. 1 % decline from 158, 260 in 1996.

According to historian Christopher Moore, coalition governments in Canada became much less possible in 1919 when the leaders of parties were no longer chosen by elected MPs, but instead began to be chosen by party members.

According to the laws of Canada, a Canadian whisky must be mashed, distilled and aged in Canada.

According to the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities rankings, the university ranked 201-300 in the world and 8-17th in Canada.

According to a survey conducted by The Scientist magazine, Dal was named the best non-commercial scientific institute in which to work in Canada.

According to a decision by The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany of September 21, 2001, in the version from May 15, 2008, this also applies to PhDs that were awarded in Australia, Israel, Japan, or Canada.

According to the Language Portal of Canada, " this fairly new tradition has gained in popularity in France, Great Britain, Jamaica and Brazil ", although this information has not been confirmed with authoritative sources from these countries.

According to Agassiz the provinces that the different races were created in included Western American Temperate ( the indigenous peoples west of the Rockies ); Eastern American Temperate ( east of the Rockies ); Tropical Asiatic ( south of the Himalayas ); Temperate Asiatic ( east of the Urals and north of the Himalayas ); South American Temperate ( South America ); New Holland ( Australia ); Arctic ( Alaska and Arctic Canada ); Cape of Good Hope ( South Africa ); and American Tropical ( Central America and the West Indies ).

According to the Pagan Federation of Canada: ' Over the last few decades, many people have thought that the emphasis on male / female polarity in Wicca excludes homosexuals '.

According to tradition, the bitter taste of antimalarial quinine tonic led British colonials in India to mix it with gin, thus creating the gin and tonic cocktail, which is still popular today in many parts of the world, especially the UK, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

According to Canadian Lawyer Magazine, the law school ranks among the top five in Canada.

According to U. S. News & World Report, the University of Manitoba is among the top 20 universities in Canada and top 400 universities in the world as of 2009.

According to the Guinness World Records, the largest lobster was caught in Nova Scotia, Canada, and weighed.

According to author Ginger Strand, the Horseshoe Falls is now entirely in Canada.

According to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Métis were historically the children of French fur traders and Nehiyaw women or, from unions of English or Scottish traders and northern Dene women ( Anglo-Métis ).

According to the Sagas, the first European to see Canada was Bjarni Herjólfsson, who was blown off course en route from Iceland to Greenland in the summer of 985 or 986 CE.

According to the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn — due to his having lived in Canada between 1791 and 1800, and fathering Queen Victoria — is the " ancestor of the modern Canadian Royal Family.

According to Granatstein, this meant that Canada was not able to live up to its post-Cold War military commitments.

According to the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities ( ARWU ) rankings, the university ranked 151-200 in the world and 7-8 in Canada.

According to the British North America Act, 1867, the Governor General of Canada may veto a bill by refusing Royal Assent.