Fact In 2006, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964. Smoking, Death, Ingredients
Fact On their websites, tobacco companies encourage people to quit smoking. However, in 2006, a court found that tobacco companies manipulate nicotine levels to keep smokers addicted. Smoking, Advertising, Cigarettes, Ingredients
Fact In the U.S., 113,100 people die from smoking-related pulmonary diseases each year (pneumonia, influenza, emphysema, bronchitis, and chronic airways obstruction). Smoking, Death
Fact In the U.S., 7,330 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related lung cancer. Smoking, Cancer
Fact In the U.S., tobacco kills more Americans than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs, and fires combined. Smoking, Death
Fact Hydrogen cyanide is in tobacco smoke. Hydrogen cyanide exposure causes cardiovascular and respiratory illness. Smoking, Ingredients
Fact The tobacco industry spends $9.6 billion a year on the marketing of its products in the U.S. alone. Smoking, Marketing
Fact Since 1964, there have been more than 20 million premature deaths attributed to tobacco in the U.S. Smoking, Death
Fact About 90% of lung cancer deaths among women who continue to smoke are tobacco related. Smoking, Death