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 486 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact According to the New York Times, in 1998, one tobacco executive said, "Nobody knows what you'd turn to if you didn't smoke. Maybe you'd beat your wife." 1 Reactions Source: Goldberg, J. "Big Tobacco's Endgame." The New York Times. 21 June 1998. Web. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact Long-term smokeless tobacco users may be up to fifty times more likely to have cancers of the cheek and gum than non-users. 4 Reactions Source: "Cancer Facts & Figures 2015." American Cancer Society. Atlanta, GA. 2015: 48. Web. See all +less − Cancer Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents. 1 Reactions Source: George-Perutz, Andrew. "Project Screen (Kestrel, Heron, Nightingale)." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 20 Jan. 1989. Letter. See all +less − Advertising, Profiling 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 In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars. 1070 Reactions Source: The Council of Economic Advisers. The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President; 2017. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/The%20Underestimated%20Cost%20of%20the%20Opioid%20Crisis.pdf See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic Fact Fact Fact Adolescent athletes in some high-injury sports are at a 50% higher risk of misusing prescription painkillers than their peers who don't participate in these sports. Reactions Source: Veliz PT, Boyd C, McCabe SE. Playing through pain: sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(5):e28–e30. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242 See all +less − Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page50 Page51 Page52 Page53 Current page54 Page55 Page56 Page57 Page58 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact According to the New York Times, in 1998, one tobacco executive said, "Nobody knows what you'd turn to if you didn't smoke. Maybe you'd beat your wife." 1 Reactions Source: Goldberg, J. "Big Tobacco's Endgame." The New York Times. 21 June 1998. Web. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact Long-term smokeless tobacco users may be up to fifty times more likely to have cancers of the cheek and gum than non-users. 4 Reactions Source: "Cancer Facts & Figures 2015." American Cancer Society. Atlanta, GA. 2015: 48. Web. See all +less − Cancer
Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents. 1 Reactions Source: George-Perutz, Andrew. "Project Screen (Kestrel, Heron, Nightingale)." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 20 Jan. 1989. Letter. See all +less − Advertising, Profiling
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 In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars. 1070 Reactions Source: The Council of Economic Advisers. The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President; 2017. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/The%20Underestimated%20Cost%20of%20the%20Opioid%20Crisis.pdf See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic
Fact Fact Fact Adolescent athletes in some high-injury sports are at a 50% higher risk of misusing prescription painkillers than their peers who don't participate in these sports. Reactions Source: Veliz PT, Boyd C, McCabe SE. Playing through pain: sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(5):e28–e30. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242 See all +less −