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Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents.

George-Perutz, Andrew. "Project Screen (Kestrel, Heron, Nightingale)." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 20 Jan. 1989. Letter.

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American Spirits are marketed as additive-free. Yet their warning label states: "No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette." So they literally produce American spirits. As in, dead people.

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Pearson JL, Johnson A, Villanti A, et al Misperceptions of harm among Natural American Spirit smokers: results from wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2014) Tobacco Control Published Online First: 06 December 2016. American Spirit. 2001. Print.

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Back in the day, tobacco companies provided the White House with complimentary gold-sealed "Presidential" cigarettes. Way to hail the chief.

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Bull, Stephen B. "Presidential Cigarettes." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 13 Apr. 1988. Memo. Ayles, K.F. "Presidential Cigarettes." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 03 Jan. 1977. Note. Ayles, K.F. "Presidential Cigarettes." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 06 Dec. 1976. Note. Stevens, Arthur J. "Tele. Conversation/Joe Clark." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 17 Nov. 1980. Note. Cheney, Dick, and Sanjay Gupta. "Dick Cheney's Heart." 60 Minutes. 20 Oct. 2013. Script. "Hail to the Chief 1961--1988." Jim's Burnt Offerings. Web. http://www.jimsburntofferings.com/packspresidentialseal.html

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In the past, Big Tobacco called African Americans a ‘Market Priority’.

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Special Market Analysis: Black, Hispanic, Military. Rep. no. Jhbf0092. Industry Documents Library.

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Low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods

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DâAngelo, Heather, Alice Ammerman, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Laura Linnan, Leslie Lytle, and Kurt M. Ribisl. "Sociodemographic Disparities in Proximity of Schools to Tobacco Outlets and Fast-Food Restaurants." American Journal of Public Health 106.9 (2016): 1556-562.

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Low-Income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods

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In DC, Big Tobacco advertises up to 10x more in black neighborhoods than in other neighborhoods

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Lee, J. G., Henriksen, L., Rose, S. W., Moreland-Russell, S., & Ribisl, K. M. (2015). A systematic review of neighborhood disparities in point-of-sale tobacco marketing. American journal of public health, 105(9), e8-e18. Seidenberg, A. B., Caughey, R. W., Rees, V. W., & Connolly, G. N. (2010). Storefront cigarette advertising differs by community demographic profile. American Journal of Health Promotion, 24(6), e26-e31. Moreland-Russell, S., Harris, J., Snider, D., Walsh, H., Cyr, J., & Barnoya, J. (2013). Disparities and menthol marketing: additional evidence in support of point of sale policies. International journal of environmental research and public health, 10(10), 4571-4583. Cantrell, J., Kreslake, J. M., Ganz, O., Pearson, J. L., Vallone, D., Anesetti-Rothermel, A., ... & Kirchner, T. R. (2013). Marketing little cigars and cigarillos: advertising, price, and associations with neighborhood demographics. American journal of public health, 103(10), 1902-1909.

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Big Tobacco spends nearly $1 million every hour marketing their products at the "point of sale" — a.k.a. where people buy things (like the counter at a drugstore).

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Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Report for 2012. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 2015.
http://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents
/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2012/150327-2012cigaretterpt.pdf. Accessed November 16, 2015.

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Big Tobacco paid retailers a combined $294 million in 2014 to sell and display tobacco products in their stores.

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1. U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Cigarette Report for 2014. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 2016
Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents
/reports/federal-tradecommission-
cigarette-report-2014-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_cigarette_report_2014.pdf;
2. FTC, Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2014. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 2016, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents
/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2014-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_smokeless_tobacco_report_2014.pdf [Data for top 5 manufacturers only]. http://tobaccofreewny.com/app/uploads/2015/09
/Influencing-Youth-at-Point-of-Sale-Facts-Sheet.pdf

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Fact Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents.

Fact American Spirits are marketed as additive-free. Yet their warning label states: "No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette." So they literally produce American spirits. As in, dead people.

Fact Back in the day, tobacco companies provided the White House with complimentary gold-sealed "Presidential" cigarettes. Way to hail the chief.

Fact In the past, Big Tobacco called African Americans a ‘Market Priority’.

Fact Low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods

Fact Low-Income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods

Fact In DC, Big Tobacco advertises up to 10x more in black neighborhoods than in other neighborhoods

Fact Big Tobacco spends nearly $1 million every hour marketing their products at the "point of sale" — a.k.a. where people buy things (like the counter at a drugstore).

Fact Big Tobacco paid retailers a combined $294 million in 2014 to sell and display tobacco products in their stores.

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Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents.

Fact

American Spirits are marketed as additive-free. Yet their warning label states: "No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette." So they literally produce American spirits. As in, dead people.

Fact

Back in the day, tobacco companies provided the White House with complimentary gold-sealed "Presidential" cigarettes. Way to hail the chief.

Fact

In the past, Big Tobacco called African Americans a ‘Market Priority’.

Fact

Low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods

Fact

Low-Income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods

Fact

In DC, Big Tobacco advertises up to 10x more in black neighborhoods than in other neighborhoods

Fact

Big Tobacco spends nearly $1 million every hour marketing their products at the "point of sale" — a.k.a. where people buy things (like the counter at a drugstore).

Fact

Big Tobacco paid retailers a combined $294 million in 2014 to sell and display tobacco products in their stores.