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 315 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco. 4 Reactions Source: "Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web. https://www.pdx.edu/healthycampus/sites/www.pdx.edu.healthycampus/files/Environmental_Impacts.3.7.13.pdf See all +less − Environment Fact Fact Fact Menthol cigarettes are easier to start and harder to quit. 4 Reactions Source: Truth Initiative, October 12, 2016. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, April 25, 2017. Laura Bach. See all +less − Flavors/Menthol Fact Fact Fact Around 375,000 stores in the U.S. sell tobacco products. Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014. See all +less − Retail Fact Fact Fact People recovering from substance abuse are twice as likely to relapse within three years if they are a smoker. Reactions Source: Weinberger, Andrea H., et al. “Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Increased Risk of Substance Use Disorder Relapse: A Nationally Representative, Prospective Longitudinal Investigation.” The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., 22 Feb. 2017. HealthDay. “Smoking slows recovery from drug abuse.” Chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-smoking-addiction-recovery-health-20170327-story.html. Accessed 21 Sept. 2017. See all +less − Quitting Fact Fact Fact The average days’ supply of opioids prescribed by doctors in the U.S. increased 33% from 2006 to 2015. 1 Reactions Source: Guy GP Jr., Zhang K, Bohm MK, et al. Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:697–704. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6626a4 See all +less − Painkillers, Prescriptions Fact Fact Fact The opioid mortality rate increased as the U.S. life expectancy rate decreased. Reactions Source: Xu JQ, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Bastian B,Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program See all +less − Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,755,000 have had a heart attack from smoking. 20 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Morbidity --- United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 2003. 52(35): 842-844. Table. See all +less − Disease Fact Fact Fact Hydrogen cyanide is in tobacco smoke. Hydrogen cyanide exposure causes cardiovascular and respiratory illness. 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. "Medical Management Guidelines for Hydrogen Cyanide." Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry. 21 Oct. 2014. Web. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact In 2009, annual smoking-attributable healthcare expenditures were estimated at $132.5 billion. 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 Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page31 Page32 Page33 Page34 Current page35 Page36 Page37 Page38 Page39 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco. 4 Reactions Source: "Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web. https://www.pdx.edu/healthycampus/sites/www.pdx.edu.healthycampus/files/Environmental_Impacts.3.7.13.pdf See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact Menthol cigarettes are easier to start and harder to quit. 4 Reactions Source: Truth Initiative, October 12, 2016. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, April 25, 2017. Laura Bach. See all +less − Flavors/Menthol
Fact Fact Fact Around 375,000 stores in the U.S. sell tobacco products. Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014. See all +less − Retail
Fact Fact Fact People recovering from substance abuse are twice as likely to relapse within three years if they are a smoker. Reactions Source: Weinberger, Andrea H., et al. “Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Increased Risk of Substance Use Disorder Relapse: A Nationally Representative, Prospective Longitudinal Investigation.” The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., 22 Feb. 2017. HealthDay. “Smoking slows recovery from drug abuse.” Chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-smoking-addiction-recovery-health-20170327-story.html. Accessed 21 Sept. 2017. See all +less − Quitting
Fact Fact Fact The average days’ supply of opioids prescribed by doctors in the U.S. increased 33% from 2006 to 2015. 1 Reactions Source: Guy GP Jr., Zhang K, Bohm MK, et al. Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:697–704. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6626a4 See all +less − Painkillers, Prescriptions
Fact Fact Fact The opioid mortality rate increased as the U.S. life expectancy rate decreased. Reactions Source: Xu JQ, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Bastian B,Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,755,000 have had a heart attack from smoking. 20 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Morbidity --- United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 2003. 52(35): 842-844. Table. See all +less − Disease
Fact Fact Fact Hydrogen cyanide is in tobacco smoke. Hydrogen cyanide exposure causes cardiovascular and respiratory illness. 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. "Medical Management Guidelines for Hydrogen Cyanide." Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry. 21 Oct. 2014. Web. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact In 2009, annual smoking-attributable healthcare expenditures were estimated at $132.5 billion. 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