Tobacco Sales

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Big Tobacco targeted some of the most vulnerable populations with the sale of deadly, addictive products, including the targeting of people with mental health issues.

Profiling, Tobacco Sales

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Walgreens Heard From You

5,321 finishers helped us tell Walgreens that tobacco and pharmacies don’t mix.

Tobacco Sales

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According to one tobacco company VP, in 2001, a company name change could focus attention away from tobacco.

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Spector, J. "Direction for Altria." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 30 Nov. 2001. Email. Ackman, D. "Morris Philip Has It Backwards." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, Oct. 2001: 424-25. Schwartz, J. "Philip Morris To Change Name to Altria Company Would Divert Attention from Tobacco." The New York Times. Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 16 Nov. 2001. Article. "When a company outgrows its name." Altria. Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 2001. Advertisement.

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Current vape users have 2x the odds of being diagnosed with depression compared with people who have never vaped at all.

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Congress Investigation against JUUL. Cited from JUUL. Date accessed Friday, October 23 2020.

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Tobacco Sales, Disease

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Revenues from smokeless tobacco sales totaled $4.20 billion in 2017.

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Federal Trade Commission. Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2017. Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2017-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco. Published February, 2019.

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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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A recent study showed that low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods.

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Heather D’Angelo, PhD, Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, Laura Linnan, ScD, Leslie Lytle, PhD, and Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD. Sociodemographic Disparities in Proximity of
Schools to Tobacco Outlets and Fast-Food Restaurants. AJPH ; September 2016, Vol 106, No. 9

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Profiling, Retail, Tobacco Sales

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People with depression, anxiety, and ADHD are more likely to smoke.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2758663/ https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db34.pdf http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/193305 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910819/

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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”.

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Newport Planning Memo, Jan 1983

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Profiling, Tobacco Sales

Tobacco Sales

Business or Exploitation?

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Walgreens Heard From You

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Fact According to one tobacco company VP, in 2001, a company name change could focus attention away from tobacco.

Fact Current vape users have 2x the odds of being diagnosed with depression compared with people who have never vaped at all.

Fact Revenues from smokeless tobacco sales totaled $4.20 billion in 2017.

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

Fact A recent study showed that low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods.

Fact People with depression, anxiety, and ADHD are more likely to smoke.

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”.

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According to one tobacco company VP, in 2001, a company name change could focus attention away from tobacco.

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Current vape users have 2x the odds of being diagnosed with depression compared with people who have never vaped at all.

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Revenues from smokeless tobacco sales totaled $4.20 billion in 2017.

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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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A recent study showed that low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods.

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People with depression, anxiety, and ADHD are more likely to smoke.

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”.