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In the ’70s and ’80s the tobacco industry labeled African Americans: “less educated,” “prefer malt liquor,” “problems with self-esteem.”
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In 1995, one tobacco company planned to boost cigarette sales by targeting gay and homeless people. They called their plan Project S.C.U.M.
49% agreed with #voteSTEREOTYPES
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In the ’70s and ’80s the tobacco industry labeled African Americans: “less educated,” “prefer malt liquor,” “problems with self-esteem.”
51% agreed with #votePROFILING
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In 1995, one tobacco company planned to boost cigarette sales by targeting gay and homeless people. They called their plan Project S.C.U.M.
SCUM. This is no way to make friends, Big Tobacco. Tell someone.Fact:
Urea is found in cat pee and is also in cigarettes.
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Methane is found in dog poop and also in cigarette smoke.
38% agreed with #votePEE
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Urea is found in cat pee and is also in cigarettes.
62% agreed with #votePOOP
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Methane is found in dog poop and also in cigarette smoke.
Not down with the brown? Got it. Want to drop some on a friend’s wall?Fact:
Big Tobacco’s products kill 1075 smokers every day.
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Big Tobacco’s products kill 137 people from secondhand smoke everyday.
28% agreed with #vote1075
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Big Tobacco’s products kill 1075 smokers every day.
72% agreed with #vote137
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Big Tobacco’s products kill 137 people from secondhand smoke everyday.
Yep. People who don’t even smoke. Feel like sharing?Fact:
In 1984, one tobacco company called younger adult smokers “replacement smokers.” You know, because half of their older adult smokers end up dead.
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In the U.S. 1200 people die every day from tobacco related disease. For the tobacco industry, this is just business as usual.
52% agreed with #voteREPLACEMENT
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In 1984, one tobacco company called younger adult smokers “replacement smokers.” You know, because half of their older adult smokers end up dead.
48% agreed with #vote1200
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In the U.S. 1200 people die every day from tobacco related disease. For the tobacco industry, this is just business as usual.
Your products killing customers. Not exactly the best business model. Share some ugly.Fact:
It was reported in 2010, that the leading maker of menthol cigarettes bought over 50 URLs that no one else could use, including KillerMenthol.com and MentholKills.com. Why would they do that?
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902,628 pounds of toxic chemicals were released by tobacco product manufacturing facilities in the US in 2011. There goes the neighborhood!
40% agreed with #voteKILLER
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It was reported in 2010, that the leading maker of menthol cigarettes bought over 50 URLs that no one else could use, including KillerMenthol.com and MentholKills.com. Why would they do that?
60% agreed with #voteTOXIC
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902,628 pounds of toxic chemicals were released by tobacco product manufacturing facilities in the US in 2011. There goes the neighborhood!
Anti toxic stink, huh? Yeah, so are we. Feel free to spread the word.Fact:
How do infants avoid secondhand smoke? “At some point they begin to crawl.” Tobacco Executive, 1996
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In 1974, a tobacco company explored targeting customers as young as 14 years old.
54% agreed with #voteCRAWL
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How do infants avoid secondhand smoke? “At some point they begin to crawl.” Tobacco Executive, 1996
46% agreed with #vote14YEARS
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In 1974, a tobacco company explored targeting customers as young as 14 years old.
They have to find new customers somewhere, right? So wrong. Share the ugliness?Fact:
In the U.S. 1200 people die every day from tobacco related disease. For the tobacco industry, this is just business as usual.
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In 1984, one tobacco company called younger adult smokers “replacement smokers.” You know, because half of their older adult smokers end up dead.
48% agreed with #vote1200
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In the U.S. 1200 people die every day from tobacco related disease. For the tobacco industry, this is just business as usual.
52% agreed with #voteREPLACEMENT
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In 1984, one tobacco company called younger adult smokers “replacement smokers.” You know, because half of their older adult smokers end up dead.
Someone calls us a replacement, hope they at least ask our name first. Tell a friend?Fact:
In just one year, about 12,000 kids lost their mothers to tobacco-related disease in the U.S.
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The tobacco industry’s products kill around 36,000 people each month. That’s more lives than there are public garbage cans in NYC.
52% agreed with #voteMOTHERLESS
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In just one year, about 12,000 kids lost their mothers to tobacco-related disease in the U.S.
48% agreed with #voteTRASH
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The tobacco industry’s products kill around 36,000 people each month. That’s more lives than there are public garbage cans in NYC.
Garbage in, garbage out. Industry business as usual. Care to share?Fact:
In the ’80s, one tobacco document referred to Hispanics as a population “who tend to operate more on a ‘fantasy’ level.”
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Tobacco products, other than cigarettes, are available in 45 candy flavors to mask their taste.
47% agreed with #voteFANTASY
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In the ’80s, one tobacco document referred to Hispanics as a population “who tend to operate more on a ‘fantasy’ level.”
53% agreed with #vote45
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Tobacco products, other than cigarettes, are available in 45 candy flavors to mask their taste.
Flavored tobacco products still not for kids, right? Right.Spread the ugly.Fact:
Back in the day, the tobacco industry used these terms to label potential customers for their deadly addictive products: Insecure. Group conformist. Has menial, boring job. Probably leads a fairly dull existence.
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In 1989, one tobacco company called the threat of an acute deficiency of young adult smokers the “doomsday scenario”.
34% agreed with #voteLABELS
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Back in the day, the tobacco industry used these terms to label potential customers for their deadly addictive products: Insecure. Group conformist. Has menial, boring job. Probably leads a fairly dull existence.
66% agreed with #voteDOOMSDAY
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In 1989, one tobacco company called the threat of an acute deficiency of young adult smokers the “doomsday scenario”.
End of the world if young adults quit smoking? Time to repriotitize, Big Tobacco. Tell someone.Nominees
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In 1995, one tobacco company planned to boost cigarette sales by targeting gay and homeless people. They called their plan Project S.C.U.M.
- #votePROFILING
- 17,095
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In 1970, one tobacco company brainstormed offering menthol cigarettes on a stick, like an ice pop.
- #voteICECREAM
- 9,783
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A Big Tobacco document shows they worried publishing radioactive Polonium-210 is in cigarette smoke would be like “waking a sleeping giant.
- #voteGIANT
- 8,115
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The tobacco industry’s products kill around 36,000 people each month. That’s more lives than there are public garbage cans in NYC.
- #voteTRASH
- 9,683
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In just one year, about 12,000 kids lost their mothers to tobacco-related disease in the U.S.
- #voteMOTHERLESS
- 10,454
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Tobacco products, other than cigarettes, are available in 45 candy flavors to mask their taste.
- #vote45
- 10,837
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In the ’80s, one tobacco document referred to Hispanics as a population “who tend to operate more on a ‘fantasy’ level.”
- #voteFANTASY
- 9,623
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Nobody knows what you’d turn to if you didn’t smoke. Maybe you’d beat your wife.” – Tobacco Executive, 1998
- #voteBEAT
- 9,554
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In 1984, one tobacco company called younger adult smokers “replacement smokers.” You know, because half of their older adult smokers end up dead.
- #voteREPLACEMENT
- 26,325
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