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 369 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact In 2017, two out of three drug overdose deaths involved some type of opioid. 1 Reactions Source: Scholl L, Seth P, Kariisa M, Wilson N, Baldwin G. Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;67:1419–1427. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm675152e1. See all +less − Fact Fact Fact In 2010, every 3 minutes, a woman went to the ER for prescription painkiller misuse. 3 Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers and Other Drugs Among Women — United States, 1999–2010. MMWR 2013;62:537-542. See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery Fact Fact Fact One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine. 18 Reactions Source: "A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Other Effects. 2004: 616. Report. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact Maternal smoking during pregnancy and exposure to secondhand smoke in infancy results in the deaths of 1,015 infants every year in the US. 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 In the US, smoking-attributable productivity losses for men are approximately $105.6 billion per year. 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 − Cost Fact Fact Fact Hydrogen cyanide has been used in prison executions. It's also found in cigarette smoke. Reactions Source: "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine, 19 Nov. 2001. 56, 176, 251. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact Cinnamaldehyde is found in cigarettes. Cinnamaldehyde is also found in pet repellant. 2 Reactions Source: "PM USA Cigarette Tobacco & Flavor Ingredients." Altria. 1. Web. "Cinnamaldehyde - Identification, toxicity, use, water pollution potential, ecological toxicity and regulatory information." Pesticide Action Network. Oakland, CA. Web. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes 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 Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page37 Page38 Page39 Page40 Current page41 Page42 Page43 Page44 Page45 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact In 2017, two out of three drug overdose deaths involved some type of opioid. 1 Reactions Source: Scholl L, Seth P, Kariisa M, Wilson N, Baldwin G. Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;67:1419–1427. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm675152e1. See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact In 2010, every 3 minutes, a woman went to the ER for prescription painkiller misuse. 3 Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers and Other Drugs Among Women — United States, 1999–2010. MMWR 2013;62:537-542. See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery
Fact Fact Fact One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine. 18 Reactions Source: "A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Other Effects. 2004: 616. Report. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact Maternal smoking during pregnancy and exposure to secondhand smoke in infancy results in the deaths of 1,015 infants every year in the US. 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 In the US, smoking-attributable productivity losses for men are approximately $105.6 billion per year. 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 − Cost
Fact Fact Fact Hydrogen cyanide has been used in prison executions. It's also found in cigarette smoke. Reactions Source: "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine, 19 Nov. 2001. 56, 176, 251. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact Cinnamaldehyde is found in cigarettes. Cinnamaldehyde is also found in pet repellant. 2 Reactions Source: "PM USA Cigarette Tobacco & Flavor Ingredients." Altria. 1. Web. "Cinnamaldehyde - Identification, toxicity, use, water pollution potential, ecological toxicity and regulatory information." Pesticide Action Network. Oakland, CA. Web. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes
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