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 378 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact In the 90s, Big Tobacco sent free cigarettes to troops deployed overseas during Desert Storm. 187 Reactions Source: Smith, E. A., & Malone, R. E. (2009). “Everywhere the Soldier Will Be”: Wartime Tobacco Promotion in the US Military. American Journal of Public Health, 99(9), 1595–1602. http://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.152983 See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact Secondhand smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic and can cause cancer. 1 Reactions Source: Guide to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, July 2015. See all +less − Health Risks, Ingredients, Smoke-Free Places Fact Fact Fact For every smoker who died in 2015 worldwide, Big Tobacco raked in a $9,730.16 profit. That's up 39% from 2013. Turns out BT chooses wealth over health. 4 Reactions Source: “Manufacturing.” Tobacco Atlas, tobaccoatlas.org/topic/manufacturing/ See all +less − Death, Tobacco Sales Fact Fact Fact Eighty-five percent of African American smokers use menthols. 8 Reactions Source: Cristine D Delnevo, PhD, MPH, FAAHB, Ollie Ganz, DrPH, Renee D Goodwin, PhD, MPH, Banning Menthol Cigarettes: A Social Justice Issue Long Overdue, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 22, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1673–1675. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact A recent study found a link between vaping/smoking and the risk of COVID infection and symptoms among young people. 8 Reactions Source: Gaiha, S., Cheng, J., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2020, August 11). Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2020. See all +less − Disease Fact Fact Fact Acetaldehyde is in tobacco smoke. Acetaldehyde is a hazardous air pollutant. 3 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: 179. "13th Report on Carcinogens (RoC): Acetaldehyde." National Toxicology Program, Department of Health and Human Services. 02 Oct. 2014. Web. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact In 1993, one tobacco company executive thought it would be a good idea to have his employees mail "grassroots" complaints to airlines about their smoking bans, pretending to be regular customers. 1 Reactions Source: Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, Philip Morris Collection, 1993. Page 1. Access Date: October 21, 2005. Bates No: 2024203673 Fact Created: 6/4/1998 "Philip Morris Glossary of names: W". Legacy Documents Library. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (nearly 87% before age 18, and nearly 94% before age 20). 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. 2014. Report. See all +less − Legal Age Fact Fact Fact Tobacco companies' products kill about 40,000 people every month. That's more lives thrown away than there are public garbage cans in NYC. Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. Surgeon General's Report." 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. "2011 Annual Report DSNY." City of New York Department of Sanitation. New York, N.Y. 2011. Report. See all +less − Death Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page38 Page39 Page40 Page41 Current page42 Page43 Page44 Page45 Page46 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact In the 90s, Big Tobacco sent free cigarettes to troops deployed overseas during Desert Storm. 187 Reactions Source: Smith, E. A., & Malone, R. E. (2009). “Everywhere the Soldier Will Be”: Wartime Tobacco Promotion in the US Military. American Journal of Public Health, 99(9), 1595–1602. http://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.152983 See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact Secondhand smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic and can cause cancer. 1 Reactions Source: Guide to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, July 2015. See all +less − Health Risks, Ingredients, Smoke-Free Places
Fact Fact Fact For every smoker who died in 2015 worldwide, Big Tobacco raked in a $9,730.16 profit. That's up 39% from 2013. Turns out BT chooses wealth over health. 4 Reactions Source: “Manufacturing.” Tobacco Atlas, tobaccoatlas.org/topic/manufacturing/ See all +less − Death, Tobacco Sales
Fact Fact Fact Eighty-five percent of African American smokers use menthols. 8 Reactions Source: Cristine D Delnevo, PhD, MPH, FAAHB, Ollie Ganz, DrPH, Renee D Goodwin, PhD, MPH, Banning Menthol Cigarettes: A Social Justice Issue Long Overdue, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 22, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1673–1675. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact A recent study found a link between vaping/smoking and the risk of COVID infection and symptoms among young people. 8 Reactions Source: Gaiha, S., Cheng, J., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2020, August 11). Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2020. See all +less − Disease
Fact Fact Fact Acetaldehyde is in tobacco smoke. Acetaldehyde is a hazardous air pollutant. 3 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: 179. "13th Report on Carcinogens (RoC): Acetaldehyde." National Toxicology Program, Department of Health and Human Services. 02 Oct. 2014. Web. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact In 1993, one tobacco company executive thought it would be a good idea to have his employees mail "grassroots" complaints to airlines about their smoking bans, pretending to be regular customers. 1 Reactions Source: Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, Philip Morris Collection, 1993. Page 1. Access Date: October 21, 2005. Bates No: 2024203673 Fact Created: 6/4/1998 "Philip Morris Glossary of names: W". Legacy Documents Library. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (nearly 87% before age 18, and nearly 94% before age 20). 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. 2014. Report. See all +less − Legal Age
Fact Fact Fact Tobacco companies' products kill about 40,000 people every month. That's more lives thrown away than there are public garbage cans in NYC. Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. Surgeon General's Report." 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. "2011 Annual Report DSNY." City of New York Department of Sanitation. New York, N.Y. 2011. Report. See all +less − Death