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Big Tobacco has targeted the LGBTQ+ community

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Big Tobacco disproportionately targeted the LGBTQ community. They even used “pride” in their advertisements.

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"How the Tobacco Industry Has Targeted the LGBT Community for Decades." ATTN.com; 13 Jan 2017.

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Big Tobacco used Pride to target members of the LGBTQ+ community. So we’re asking you: what makes you feel proud?

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Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth.

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"Top 10 Items Found." Ocean Conservancy. Web.

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Big Tobacco's long history of systemic racism is contributing to a public health emergency in the Black community. By design.

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These are Big Tobacco action’s within the Black community -- read by the Black community.

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Thanks to all the hard work by Smoke-Free Atlanta and the Atlanta City Council, ATL has officially passed a smoke-free law.

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Big Tobacco is telling the truth. No seriously, we're shocked. Shocked that it's taken so long for Big Tobacco to be held accountable.

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Big Tobacco Targets the LGBTQ Community

Friends don't usually come bearing deadly products, yet Big Tobacco targeted the LGBTQ community with its predatory marketing tactics.

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Tobacco Targeted Military

Big Tobacco Targeted Members Of The U.S. Military

Big Tobacco's predatory marketing tactics included targeting members of the U.S. military and described said members as "less educated."

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Big Tobacco targeted some of the most vulnerable populations with the sale of deadly, addictive products, including the targeting of people with mental health issues.

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Research shows a link between increased nicotine use and feelings of depression, meaning the more you use it, the more depressed you may feel.

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BI-DIRECTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ELECTRONIC AND COMBUSTIBLE CIGARETTE USE ONSET PATTERNS WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN ADOLESCENTS WILLIAM V. LECHNER,A,* TIM JANSSEN,A CHRISTOPHER W. KAHLER,A JANET AUDRAIN-MCGOVERN,B AND ADAM M. LEVENTHALC

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LGBT adults smoke at rates up to 2.5 times higher than straight adults.

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Lee JGL, Griffin GK, Melvin CL. Tobacco use among sexual minorities in the USA, 1987 to May 2007: a systematic review. Tobacco Control 2009;18:275-282.

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In the U.S., about 41,000 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related diseases.

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"The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Cardiovascular Diseases. 2014. Report.

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In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 2,633,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.

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"Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Morbidity --- United States, 2000." Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 52(35). 05 Sept. 2003: 842-844. Table.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

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Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000. CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.

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"Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 52(35). 2003: 842-844. Table.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 384,000 have had a stroke from smoking.

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"Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 52(35). 2003: 842-844. Table.

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Big Tobacco has targeted the LGBTQ+ community

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Big Tobacco disproportionately targeted the LGBTQ community. They even used “pride” in their advertisements.

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Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth.

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Research shows a link between increased nicotine use and feelings of depression, meaning the more you use it, the more depressed you may feel.

Fact

LGBT adults smoke at rates up to 2.5 times higher than straight adults.

Fact

In the U.S., about 41,000 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related diseases.

Fact

In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 2,633,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 384,000 have had a stroke from smoking.