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 279 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact Even if someone doesn't consider themselves a smoker, every "bummed" cigarette causes damage to vital organs in the body. Give that pancreas a break. 190 Reactions Source: Young, Saundra. "Surgeon General report: Tobacco smoke does immediate damage." CNN. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Atlanta, GA. 2010: 6. See all +less − Health Risks Fact Fact Fact Hookah smoke has been associated with oral, lung and bladder cancer, not to mention clogged arteries and heart disease. 2 Reactions Source: Cobb, Caroline, et al."Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States." American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web. See all +less − Cancer, Disease, Hookah Fact Fact Fact People with any mental health issues or substance abuse disorders account for 40% of the cigarettes smoked in the U.S. 1 Reactions Source: Source: 2009 to 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs). NSDUH is an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). See all +less − Disease Fact Fact Fact Advertising products at the point-of-sale at convenience stores increases "impulse buys" and makes tobacco seem like a part of everyday life. Which is probably why Big Tobacco spends 95% of its $9.1 billion yearly budget here. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape. St. Louis, MO: Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Cancer Institute, State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initative, 2014. http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default /files/resources/WaU-guide-POS-policy-report-2015.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail, Products Fact Fact Fact Flavored cigs were banned in 2009 because they appealed to kids. Since, the # of “flavored cigars” on the market has more than doubled. Coincidence? 3 Reactions Source: "Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 20 April 2017. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact Over half of young adults who misused prescription opioids got them from a friend or family member. 2 Reactions Source: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2017). 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers Fact Fact Fact There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016. 198 Reactions Source: Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2):e180217. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,154,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking. 4 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 2003: 52(35) 842-844. Web. See all +less − Fact Fact Fact The tobacco industry spends $9.6 billion a year on the marketing of its products in the U.S. alone. 5 Reactions Source: "FTC Releases Reports on 2012 Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Sales and Marketing Expenditures." FTC. 2015. Report. See all +less − Marketing Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page27 Page28 Page29 Page30 Current page31 Page32 Page33 Page34 Page35 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Even if someone doesn't consider themselves a smoker, every "bummed" cigarette causes damage to vital organs in the body. Give that pancreas a break. 190 Reactions Source: Young, Saundra. "Surgeon General report: Tobacco smoke does immediate damage." CNN. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Atlanta, GA. 2010: 6. See all +less − Health Risks
Fact Fact Fact Hookah smoke has been associated with oral, lung and bladder cancer, not to mention clogged arteries and heart disease. 2 Reactions Source: Cobb, Caroline, et al."Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States." American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web. See all +less − Cancer, Disease, Hookah
Fact Fact Fact People with any mental health issues or substance abuse disorders account for 40% of the cigarettes smoked in the U.S. 1 Reactions Source: Source: 2009 to 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs). NSDUH is an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). See all +less − Disease
Fact Fact Fact Advertising products at the point-of-sale at convenience stores increases "impulse buys" and makes tobacco seem like a part of everyday life. Which is probably why Big Tobacco spends 95% of its $9.1 billion yearly budget here. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape. St. Louis, MO: Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Cancer Institute, State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initative, 2014. http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default /files/resources/WaU-guide-POS-policy-report-2015.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail, Products
Fact Fact Fact Flavored cigs were banned in 2009 because they appealed to kids. Since, the # of “flavored cigars” on the market has more than doubled. Coincidence? 3 Reactions Source: "Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 20 April 2017. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact Over half of young adults who misused prescription opioids got them from a friend or family member. 2 Reactions Source: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2017). 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016. 198 Reactions Source: Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2):e180217. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions
Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,154,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking. 4 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 2003: 52(35) 842-844. Web. See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact The tobacco industry spends $9.6 billion a year on the marketing of its products in the U.S. alone. 5 Reactions Source: "FTC Releases Reports on 2012 Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Sales and Marketing Expenditures." FTC. 2015. Report. See all +less − Marketing