Topic AddictionAdvertisingAdvertisingCancerCancerChewing TobaccoCigarettesCigarsCostCostDeathDeathDiseaseDiseaseE-cigarettesEnvironmentEpidemicFashionFlavors/MentholFlavors/MentholGamingHealth RisksHealth RisksHealth RisksHeroinHookahIngredientsIngredientsJuulLegal AgeLegal AgeMarketingMarketingMoviesMusicOpioidsOverdosePainkillersPetsPop CulturePop CulturePrescriptionsProductsProfilingProfilingQuittingQuittingRecoveryRetailRetailSmoke-Free PlacesSmoke-Free PlacesSmokingSocial MediaStreamingTobacco SalesTobacco SnuffTVVaping ShowClose Filters Filter by Tags Subtags Search Change Issue SmokingVapingOpioids Showing 414 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact A study conducted in Philadelphia found that there were 69% more tobacco retailers per capita in low-income areas than in high-income areas. 1 Reactions Source: Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Tobacco Sales and Neighborhood Income in Philadelphia. CHART 2016;1(2):1–6 See all +less − Retail Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco paid retailers a combined $294 million in 2014 to sell and display tobacco products in their stores. 7 Reactions Source: 1. U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Cigarette Report for 2014. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 2016 Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents /reports/federal-tradecommission- cigarette-report-2014-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_cigarette_report_2014.pdf; 2. FTC, Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2014. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 2016, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents /reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2014-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_smokeless_tobacco_report_2014.pdf [Data for top 5 manufacturers only]. http://tobaccofreewny.com/app/uploads/2015/09 /Influencing-Youth-at-Point-of-Sale-Facts-Sheet.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco makes $37B a year selling cigarettes to people with mental health issues. * 6 Reactions Source: * Calculation based off of WSJ (April 2017) article. Wall Street Journal ; Against All Odds, the U.S. Tobacco Industry is Rolling in Money See all +less − Profiling, Tobacco Sales Fact Fact Fact 80% of heroin users started with a prescription painkiller. 20 Reactions Source: Jones CM. Heroin use and heroin use risk behaviors among nonmedical users of prescription opioid pain relievers – United States, 2002-2004 and 2008-2010. Drug Alcohol Depend (2013) 132:95–100 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Painkillers Fact Fact Fact Since 1999, over 9,000 children and teens have died from opioid overdoses. Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER: Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2017. See all +less − Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,872,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking. 20 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. MMWR 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table. See all +less − Disease Fact Fact Fact In the U.S., 7,330 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related lung cancer. 1 Reactions Source: "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. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs, 2014. Report. See all +less − Cancer Fact Fact Fact 82.4% of lung cancer deaths are attributable to smoking. 3 Reactions Source: "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. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs. 2014. Report. See all +less − Death Fact Fact Fact More than 10 million cigarettes per minute were smoked around the world every single day in 2016. 2 Reactions Source: The Tobacco Atlas. Consumption. https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/consumption/. (**Internal calculation - cigs smoked/min daily for 2016 is 10.8M : 5.7 trillion smoked in 2016, 5.7 trillion/365/24/60 = 10.8M per minute) See all +less − Cigarettes Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page42 Page43 Page44 Page45 Current page46 Page47 Page48 Page49 Page50 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact A study conducted in Philadelphia found that there were 69% more tobacco retailers per capita in low-income areas than in high-income areas. 1 Reactions Source: Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Tobacco Sales and Neighborhood Income in Philadelphia. CHART 2016;1(2):1–6 See all +less − Retail
Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco paid retailers a combined $294 million in 2014 to sell and display tobacco products in their stores. 7 Reactions Source: 1. U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Cigarette Report for 2014. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 2016 Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents /reports/federal-tradecommission- cigarette-report-2014-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_cigarette_report_2014.pdf; 2. FTC, Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2014. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 2016, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents /reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2014-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_smokeless_tobacco_report_2014.pdf [Data for top 5 manufacturers only]. http://tobaccofreewny.com/app/uploads/2015/09 /Influencing-Youth-at-Point-of-Sale-Facts-Sheet.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail
Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco makes $37B a year selling cigarettes to people with mental health issues. * 6 Reactions Source: * Calculation based off of WSJ (April 2017) article. Wall Street Journal ; Against All Odds, the U.S. Tobacco Industry is Rolling in Money See all +less − Profiling, Tobacco Sales
Fact Fact Fact 80% of heroin users started with a prescription painkiller. 20 Reactions Source: Jones CM. Heroin use and heroin use risk behaviors among nonmedical users of prescription opioid pain relievers – United States, 2002-2004 and 2008-2010. Drug Alcohol Depend (2013) 132:95–100 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact Since 1999, over 9,000 children and teens have died from opioid overdoses. Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER: Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2017. See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,872,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking. 20 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. MMWR 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table. See all +less − Disease
Fact Fact Fact In the U.S., 7,330 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related lung cancer. 1 Reactions Source: "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. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs, 2014. Report. See all +less − Cancer
Fact Fact Fact 82.4% of lung cancer deaths are attributable to smoking. 3 Reactions Source: "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. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs. 2014. Report. See all +less − Death
Fact Fact Fact More than 10 million cigarettes per minute were smoked around the world every single day in 2016. 2 Reactions Source: The Tobacco Atlas. Consumption. https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/consumption/. (**Internal calculation - cigs smoked/min daily for 2016 is 10.8M : 5.7 trillion smoked in 2016, 5.7 trillion/365/24/60 = 10.8M per minute) See all +less − Cigarettes