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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.” 3 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 Heroin-related overdose deaths increased 5x from 2010 to 2017. 2 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 − Epidemic, Heroin, Overdose 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. 10 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 Fact Fact Fact As of 2015, 52.8 million Americans had successfully quit smoking. 2 Reactions Source: Babb S, Malarcher A, Schauer G, Asman K, Jamal A. Quitting Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2000–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 6 Jan 2017;65:1457–1464. See all +less − Quitting Fact Fact Fact In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes. Reactions Source: "Economic Policy: Interest Rates Are Kept High." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 16 Feb. 1989. Report. Kazman, Sam."When Chemophobia Ruled the Land." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. June 1993. News Article. "April Risk Assessment: Low Through Out the Country." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 17 Mar. 1989. Note. Mejia, John. "A Year After Grape Scare, Chilean Fruit Sales Thrive." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 05 Mar. 1990. Article. Hoffman, Diertrich, Ilse Hoffman, and Karen El-Bayoumy. "The Less Harmful Cigarette: A Controversial Issue. A Tribute to Ernst L. Wynder." Chemical Research in Toxicology. The American Chemical Society, 28 June 2001. 14 (7): 767–90. Web. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact Hydrazine is found in cigarettes. Hydrazine is also found in rocket fuel. 7 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, Oct. 2001: 180. "HYDRAZINE, 1,1-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE AND 1, 2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE." Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, June 2013. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes Fact Fact Fact As part of a 1982 tobacco company's report on how to "get a foothold in the young black menthol market," they said they'd need a brand "with a short, easily pronounced name." 2 Reactions Source: Johnston, Myron. "Newport Smokers." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 18 Nov. 1982. Memo. "Myron E. Johnston." SourceWatch. 11 Sept. 2008. Web. "Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Washington, DC. 14 May 2001. Web. 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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.” 3 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 Heroin-related overdose deaths increased 5x from 2010 to 2017. 2 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 − Epidemic, Heroin, Overdose
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. 10 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
Fact Fact Fact As of 2015, 52.8 million Americans had successfully quit smoking. 2 Reactions Source: Babb S, Malarcher A, Schauer G, Asman K, Jamal A. Quitting Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2000–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 6 Jan 2017;65:1457–1464. See all +less − Quitting
Fact Fact Fact In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes. Reactions Source: "Economic Policy: Interest Rates Are Kept High." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 16 Feb. 1989. Report. Kazman, Sam."When Chemophobia Ruled the Land." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. June 1993. News Article. "April Risk Assessment: Low Through Out the Country." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 17 Mar. 1989. Note. Mejia, John. "A Year After Grape Scare, Chilean Fruit Sales Thrive." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 05 Mar. 1990. Article. Hoffman, Diertrich, Ilse Hoffman, and Karen El-Bayoumy. "The Less Harmful Cigarette: A Controversial Issue. A Tribute to Ernst L. Wynder." Chemical Research in Toxicology. The American Chemical Society, 28 June 2001. 14 (7): 767–90. Web. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact Hydrazine is found in cigarettes. Hydrazine is also found in rocket fuel. 7 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, Oct. 2001: 180. "HYDRAZINE, 1,1-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE AND 1, 2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE." Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, June 2013. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact As part of a 1982 tobacco company's report on how to "get a foothold in the young black menthol market," they said they'd need a brand "with a short, easily pronounced name." 2 Reactions Source: Johnston, Myron. "Newport Smokers." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 18 Nov. 1982. Memo. "Myron E. Johnston." SourceWatch. 11 Sept. 2008. Web. "Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Washington, DC. 14 May 2001. Web. See all +less − Marketing