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 198 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a study in a laboratory setting. 5 Reactions Source: Slaughter, Elli, et al."Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish." Tobacco Control. 2011. Web. See all +less − Fact Fact Fact Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use. 2 Reactions Source: Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Miech, R. A., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2015). Monitoring the Future national results on drug use: 1975-2015: Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. CIA World Factbook See all +less − Legal Age Fact Fact Fact Street artists create art and get arrested. Tobacco companies make products that kill people and walk away scot-free. Little backwards, huh? 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 − Health Risks Fact Fact Fact In the past, A major tobacco company saw the military as an attractive marketing opportunity because of its young adult servicemen that they describe as “classic downscale smoker,” “less educated,” “part of the wrong crowd,” “in trouble with authorities,” and having “limited job prospects.” 1 Reactions Source: Military YAS Initiative, RJR, 1989 https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=xjfj0103 See all +less − Profiling Fact Fact Fact African Americans are less likely to successfully quit smoking than white Americans. 1 Reactions Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Quitting Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2001--2010 ; Center for Disease Control and Prevention ; November 11, 2011 See all +less − Cigarettes, Quitting Fact Fact Fact In the past, a report done by Big Tobacco noted that “raising the legal minimum age for cigarette purchaser to 21 could gut our key young adult market.” 2 Reactions Source: DISCUSSION DRAFT SOCIOPOLITICAL STRATEGY. 1986 January 21. Philip Morris Records. Unknown. https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/zswh0127 See all +less − Legal Age, Advertising Fact Fact Fact The prescribing rates for controlled substances among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007. 2 Reactions Source: Fortuna RJ, Robbins BW, Caiola E, Joynt M, Halterman JS. Prescribing of controlled medications to adolescents and young adults in the United States. Pediatrics. 2010;126(6):1108-1116. See all +less − Epidemic, Painkillers, Prescriptions Fact Fact Fact 599 additives are on the composite list released to the government in 1994 by tobacco companies of what may be added to cigarettes. This list includes all ingredients that are used although it does not tell which companies they are used by or which brands they are used in. 2-Naphthylamine, 4-Aminobiphenyl, Benzene, Vinyl Chloride, Ethylene Oxide, Arsenic, Beryllium, Nickel, Chromium (only hexavalent), Cadmium, and Polonium-210 are human carcinogens found in tobacco smoke. 8 Reactions Source: "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001: 176-80. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact 620 people die each year in the U.S. from smoking-related fires. 2 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 Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page18 Page19 Page20 Page21 Current page22 Page23 Page24 Page25 Page26 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a study in a laboratory setting. 5 Reactions Source: Slaughter, Elli, et al."Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish." Tobacco Control. 2011. Web. See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use. 2 Reactions Source: Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Miech, R. A., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2015). Monitoring the Future national results on drug use: 1975-2015: Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. CIA World Factbook See all +less − Legal Age
Fact Fact Fact Street artists create art and get arrested. Tobacco companies make products that kill people and walk away scot-free. Little backwards, huh? 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 − Health Risks
Fact Fact Fact In the past, A major tobacco company saw the military as an attractive marketing opportunity because of its young adult servicemen that they describe as “classic downscale smoker,” “less educated,” “part of the wrong crowd,” “in trouble with authorities,” and having “limited job prospects.” 1 Reactions Source: Military YAS Initiative, RJR, 1989 https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=xjfj0103 See all +less − Profiling
Fact Fact Fact African Americans are less likely to successfully quit smoking than white Americans. 1 Reactions Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Quitting Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2001--2010 ; Center for Disease Control and Prevention ; November 11, 2011 See all +less − Cigarettes, Quitting
Fact Fact Fact In the past, a report done by Big Tobacco noted that “raising the legal minimum age for cigarette purchaser to 21 could gut our key young adult market.” 2 Reactions Source: DISCUSSION DRAFT SOCIOPOLITICAL STRATEGY. 1986 January 21. Philip Morris Records. Unknown. https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/zswh0127 See all +less − Legal Age, Advertising
Fact Fact Fact The prescribing rates for controlled substances among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007. 2 Reactions Source: Fortuna RJ, Robbins BW, Caiola E, Joynt M, Halterman JS. Prescribing of controlled medications to adolescents and young adults in the United States. Pediatrics. 2010;126(6):1108-1116. See all +less − Epidemic, Painkillers, Prescriptions
Fact Fact Fact 599 additives are on the composite list released to the government in 1994 by tobacco companies of what may be added to cigarettes. This list includes all ingredients that are used although it does not tell which companies they are used by or which brands they are used in. 2-Naphthylamine, 4-Aminobiphenyl, Benzene, Vinyl Chloride, Ethylene Oxide, Arsenic, Beryllium, Nickel, Chromium (only hexavalent), Cadmium, and Polonium-210 are human carcinogens found in tobacco smoke. 8 Reactions Source: "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001: 176-80. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact 620 people die each year in the U.S. from smoking-related fires. 2 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