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 297 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke. 4 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. "Naphthalene in Moth Balls and Toilet Deodorant Cakes." New South Wales Government Department of Health. Jan. 2011. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes Fact Fact Fact Nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine and alcohol. 13 Reactions Source: "International Symposium on Nicotine: The Effects of Nicotine on Biological Systems II." Google Books. Ed. Clarke, P.B.S., et al., 1994. Web. See all +less − Health Risks Fact Fact Fact Back in the day, Big tobacco exposed sheep to smoke by sticking tracheotomy tubes down their throats. 5 Reactions Source: "Exposure of Sheep to Smoke by way of a Tracheostomy Tube." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. Oct. 1970. Chart, Graph. Osdene, T.S. "Visit to Huntingdon Research Center, Huntingdon, England." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 10 Apr. 1970. Report. Coleman, Frank Philip. "Application for Research Grant: Effects of Prolonged Inhalation of Cigarette Smoke on the Respiratory Tract of Sheep." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 07 Apr. 1955. Application. See all +less − Smoking Fact Fact Fact Tobacco companies actually went to court to fight for the right to keep tobacco advertising near high schools. They won. Congrats, Big Tobacco! 3 Reactions Source: "Lorillard Tobacco Co., et al., Petitioners v. Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General of Massachusetts; Altadis U.S.A. Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General of Massachuetts." Supreme Court of the United States. 00-596, 00-597. 2000. Court Brief. See all +less − Legal Age, Advertising Fact Fact Fact According to a Newport planning document, in the past Big Tobacco has said “there isn’t a market in the country that has the sales potential for Newport like the military market”, adding “the plums are here to be plucked”. 2 Reactions Source: Newport Planning Memo, Jan 1983 See all +less − Profiling, Tobacco Sales Fact Fact Fact Studies show that there is a positive connection between tobacco promotions and the people who see them's susceptibility to smoking. Reactions Source: Paynter J, Edwards R. The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: a systematic review. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009;11:25–35. See all +less − Advertising, Cigarettes Fact Fact Fact In internal documents, Big Tobacco identified people with a sense of “powerlessness,” as opportunities to capitalize on. 2 Reactions Source: Fabian Linden of The Conference Board provided this to the RJR Marketing Development Department (quoted in this internal memo) See all +less − Profiling Fact Fact Fact Every day in 2017, an estimated 1,300 young adults misused an opioid prescription for the first time. 188 Reactions Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. SMA 18-5068, NSDUH Series H-53). Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers Fact Fact Fact In 2010, for every woman that died of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 went to the ER for misuse or abuse. 11 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, Heroin, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page29 Page30 Page31 Page32 Current page33 Page34 Page35 Page36 Page37 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke. 4 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. "Naphthalene in Moth Balls and Toilet Deodorant Cakes." New South Wales Government Department of Health. Jan. 2011. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact Nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine and alcohol. 13 Reactions Source: "International Symposium on Nicotine: The Effects of Nicotine on Biological Systems II." Google Books. Ed. Clarke, P.B.S., et al., 1994. Web. See all +less − Health Risks
Fact Fact Fact Back in the day, Big tobacco exposed sheep to smoke by sticking tracheotomy tubes down their throats. 5 Reactions Source: "Exposure of Sheep to Smoke by way of a Tracheostomy Tube." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. Oct. 1970. Chart, Graph. Osdene, T.S. "Visit to Huntingdon Research Center, Huntingdon, England." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 10 Apr. 1970. Report. Coleman, Frank Philip. "Application for Research Grant: Effects of Prolonged Inhalation of Cigarette Smoke on the Respiratory Tract of Sheep." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 07 Apr. 1955. Application. See all +less − Smoking
Fact Fact Fact Tobacco companies actually went to court to fight for the right to keep tobacco advertising near high schools. They won. Congrats, Big Tobacco! 3 Reactions Source: "Lorillard Tobacco Co., et al., Petitioners v. Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General of Massachusetts; Altadis U.S.A. Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General of Massachuetts." Supreme Court of the United States. 00-596, 00-597. 2000. Court Brief. See all +less − Legal Age, Advertising
Fact Fact Fact According to a Newport planning document, in the past Big Tobacco has said “there isn’t a market in the country that has the sales potential for Newport like the military market”, adding “the plums are here to be plucked”. 2 Reactions Source: Newport Planning Memo, Jan 1983 See all +less − Profiling, Tobacco Sales
Fact Fact Fact Studies show that there is a positive connection between tobacco promotions and the people who see them's susceptibility to smoking. Reactions Source: Paynter J, Edwards R. The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: a systematic review. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009;11:25–35. See all +less − Advertising, Cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact In internal documents, Big Tobacco identified people with a sense of “powerlessness,” as opportunities to capitalize on. 2 Reactions Source: Fabian Linden of The Conference Board provided this to the RJR Marketing Development Department (quoted in this internal memo) See all +less − Profiling
Fact Fact Fact Every day in 2017, an estimated 1,300 young adults misused an opioid prescription for the first time. 188 Reactions Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. SMA 18-5068, NSDUH Series H-53). Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact In 2010, for every woman that died of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 went to the ER for misuse or abuse. 11 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, Heroin, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery