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"If they're really really not selling to children, we're all going to be out of business." -Tobacco Company Exec, 1998

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"Salem Black Initiative Program Brand Team Ideation Session." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 03 Aug. 1989. Report.

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Legal Age, Tobacco Sales

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Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use.

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Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Miech, R. A., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2015). Monitoring the Future national results on drug use: 1975-2015: Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. CIA World Factbook

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There is more smoking in TV shows rated TV-PG than in TV shows with a TV-14 rating. In other words, smoking is more prevalent on shows that aim to reach younger viewers. Hmm.

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Cullen, Jennifer, et al. "Depictions of Tobacco Use in 2007 Broadcast Television Programming Popular Among US Youth." Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 165(2). 07 Feb. 2011: 147-151. Web.

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Legal Age, Pop Culture, Cigarettes

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In 2001, 12-14 year olds were more likely to report having seen smoking on TV and movies than were 18-24 year olds.

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"Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2012." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General. 2012. Report.

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Legal Age, Pop Culture, Cigarettes

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88% of youth had no clue smokers earn 20% less cash than non-smokers.

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Truth Initiative’s Media Monitoring Survey

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Because of something called the ‘smoking wage gap,’ young smokers could miss out on up to $10,000 a year.

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United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Usual Weekly Earnings Of Wage And Salary Workers Second Quarter 2016.19 July 2016.

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In the 50’s, Big Tobacco went into low-income neighborhoods and housing projects to hand out free cigarettes. Some went to children as young as 9 years old.

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WILLIE EVANS v. LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY. Superior Court of Massachusetts, County. WILLIE EVANS, as Executor of the Estate of Marie R. Evans, Plaintiff v. LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant ; CIVIL ACTION NO: 2004–2840–B ; September 01, 2011

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Legal Age, Profiling

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Nearly 95% of regular smokers start by the age of 21.

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The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US) Office on Smoking and Health. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); 2014.

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According to tobacco21.org, If a person has reached age 21 without picking up smoking, their chances of starting are only 2%.

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"Healthy Towns, Healthy Kids." Tobbaco 21.org. March 2017.

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Fact "If they're really really not selling to children, we're all going to be out of business." -Tobacco Company Exec, 1998

Fact Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use.

Fact There is more smoking in TV shows rated TV-PG than in TV shows with a TV-14 rating. In other words, smoking is more prevalent on shows that aim to reach younger viewers. Hmm.

Fact In 2001, 12-14 year olds were more likely to report having seen smoking on TV and movies than were 18-24 year olds.

Fact 88% of youth had no clue smokers earn 20% less cash than non-smokers.

Fact Because of something called the ‘smoking wage gap,’ young smokers could miss out on up to $10,000 a year.

Fact In the 50’s, Big Tobacco went into low-income neighborhoods and housing projects to hand out free cigarettes. Some went to children as young as 9 years old.

Fact Nearly 95% of regular smokers start by the age of 21.

Fact According to tobacco21.org, If a person has reached age 21 without picking up smoking, their chances of starting are only 2%.

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"If they're really really not selling to children, we're all going to be out of business." -Tobacco Company Exec, 1998

Fact

Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use.

Fact

There is more smoking in TV shows rated TV-PG than in TV shows with a TV-14 rating. In other words, smoking is more prevalent on shows that aim to reach younger viewers. Hmm.

Fact

In 2001, 12-14 year olds were more likely to report having seen smoking on TV and movies than were 18-24 year olds.

Fact

88% of youth had no clue smokers earn 20% less cash than non-smokers.

Fact

Because of something called the ‘smoking wage gap,’ young smokers could miss out on up to $10,000 a year.

Fact

In the 50’s, Big Tobacco went into low-income neighborhoods and housing projects to hand out free cigarettes. Some went to children as young as 9 years old.

Fact

Nearly 95% of regular smokers start by the age of 21.

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According to tobacco21.org, If a person has reached age 21 without picking up smoking, their chances of starting are only 2%.