One tobacco company proposed reaching its target consumer from ice cream trucks
An average of 4.5mg of nicotine is absorbed from 7.9g of chewing tobacco and an average of 3.6mg of nicotine is absorbed from 2.5g moist snuff. You only absorb 1mg of nicotine per cigarette.
Nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream more slowly with smokeless tobacco than with cigarettes, but it continues to be absorbed more even after tobacco has been removed from the mouth.
Using smokeless tobacco is also associated with gingivitis, dental caries, abrasion, and staining.
Long-term smokeless tobacco users are nearly fifty times more likely to have cancers of the cheek and gum than non-users.
Smokeless tobacco increases the risk of oral cancer.
Smokeless tobacco causes, or is strongly associated with, adverse effects on both oral and systematic health.
Smokeless tobacco is addictive.
Between 1999 and 2001, sales of moist snuff increased while sales of loose leaf chewing tobacco and dry snuff and plug/twist fell. Nearly 64 million pounds of moist snuff were sold in 2001, more than the other three types combined. Advertising and promotional expenditures were also highest for moist snuff.
In 2000 and 2001, the two top advertising and promotional categories for smokeless tobacco were promotional allowances (payments made to retailers to facilitate sales) and retail value added (offers in which a smokeless tobacco product and bonus item are packaged together as a single unit).
Since 1987, Big Tobacco has increased their spending on advertising and promotions every year, reaching $236.7 million in 2001.
Revenues from smokeless tobacco sales reached $1.99 billion in 2000 and $2.13 billion in 2001.
Smokeless tobacco use among men declined between 1987 and 2000. The largest declines were among those aged 18 to 24 years, people 65 years and older, African-Americans, residents of the South, and persons in more rural areas.
In 2005, among adults aged 26 or older, 3% had used smokeless tobacco in the past month. Among youths aged 12 to 17, the rate was 2%, and among young adults aged 18 to 25, the rate was 5% percent.
The average age of first smokeless tobacco use for those aged 12 to 49 in 2005 was 18 years.
In 2005, three quarters of new smokeless tobacco users were male, and more than half were under age 18 when they first tried it.
Smokeless tobacco use increased for 12th-grade males from 1986 until the early 1990s, but has declined since in all grades.
Smokeless tobacco use is higher among males (6%) than females (0.4%) for those ages 12 and above.
Adolescents who use smokeless tobacco are more likely to become cigarette smokers.
3% of middle school students and 6% of high school students use smokeless tobacco.
In 1988, one tobacco company brainstormed the idea of a colored cigarette to "enhance wardrobe."
A study found that cigarette smoke contains methane. The same chemical that’s released when a cow defacates.
In 2006, over 5 million people around the world died from tobacco products.
Hydrogen Cyanide is found in cigarette smoke. Hydrogen Cyanide is also used in prison executions.
Acetic Acid is found in cigarettes. Acetic Acid is also found in floor wipes.
Insects have been found in cigarettes. Insects are also found in dirt.
Sodium Hydroxide is found in cigarettes. Sodium Hydroxide is also found in hair remover.
Acetanisole is found in cigarettes. Acetanisole is also an ingredient in some perfumes.
Toluene is found in cigarette smoke. Toluene is also found in dynamite.
Hydrogen cyanide is found in cigarette smoke. Hydrogen cyanide is also in rat poison.
Formaldehyde is found in cigarette smoke. Formaldehyde preserves the dead.
Geraniol is found in cigarettes. Geraniol is also found in pesticides.
Acetone is found in cigarette smoke. Acetone also removes nail polish.
Hydrazine is found in cigarettes. Hydrazine is also found in rocket fuel.
Toluene is found in cigarette smoke. Toluene is also found in gasoline.
Cadmium is found in cigarettes. Cadmium is also found in batteries.
Cinnemaldyhyde is found in cigarettes. Cinnemaldehyde is also found in pet repellant.
Methanol is found in cigarettes. Methanol is also found in antifreeze.
Urea is found in cigarettes. Urea is also found in Pee.
Polonium-210 is found in cigarette smoke. Polonium-210 allegedly killed a Russian spy in 2006.
Problems with self esteem. Has menial, boring job. Probably leads fairly dull existence. Grooming not a strong priority. These are all terms taken from Big Tobacco’s files that have been used to describe different groups of potential customers for their deadly, addictive products.
Cigarettes kill over 50 people an hour.
Each year, only about 5% of smokers succeed in quitting long-term. That's just 5 people out of every hundred.
An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke.
There are 11 known human carcinogens in cigarette smoke.
5.6 trillion cigarettes are produced by tobacco companies each year, amounting to nearly 900 cigarettes for every man, woman and child in the world.
Tobacco is expected to kill 1 billion people this century. That’s 10 times the toll it took in the 20th century.
About 90% of all lung cancer deaths among U.S. women smokers are caused by smoking.
A tobacco executive said that smoking is only as addictive as " sugar and salt and internet access. "
In 1953, Phillip Morris advertised low-tar cigarettes as " the cigarette that takes the FEAR out of smoking. "
In 2006, a judge found that to keep smokers addicted, Big Tobacco manipulated nicotine levels. But too much nicotine can make you sick.
In 1978, one tobacco executive said that " unhappiness causes cancer. "
5,000,000 people around the world died from tobacco products last year.
Benzene, arsenic and cyanide are all poisons. They’re all in cigarette smoke too.
According to the New York Times, in 1998, one tobacco executive said, " Nobody knows what you’d turn to if you didn’t smoke. Maybe you’d beat your wife. "
In 1971, when one tobacco executive was reminded that smoking can lead to underweight babies, he said, " some women would prefer smaller babies. "
In 1997, a tobacco CEO said that if it was proven to his satisfaction that cigarettes cause cancer, he’d probably shut (the company) down immediately to get a better hold on things. Their website now admits that cigarettes cause cancer, but they’re still open for business.
In 1996, the tobacco industry said that drinking one to two glasses of whole milk a day was riskier than second-hand smoke.
Around the 1980s, tobacco companies labeled African Americans - less educated, prefer malt liquor, have problems with their own self-esteem.
As long ago as 1969, a tobacco company executive agreed to " avoid advertising directed to young people. " Yet 10 years later, they supplied their products to be featured in The Muppet Movie.
Big Tobacco labels their cigarettes with things like light, ultra-light and low-tar even though they can be as deadly and addictive as regular cigarettes.
On their websites, tobacco companies encourage people to quit smoking. However, in 2006, a court found that tobacco companies manipulate nicotine levels to keep smokers addicted.
Last year, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964.
One tobacco company biologically engineered tobacco plants that have twice their normal level of nicotine.
In 1985, one tobacco company brainstormed the idea of reaching younger adult customers in record stores.
One tobacco company supplied their product to be used in the G-rated film, The Muppet Movie.
In 1988, one tobacco company brainstormed the idea of a colored cigarette to " enhance wardrobe. "
Human sweat contains urea and ammonia. So do cigarettes.
Tobacco companies’ products kill 36,000 people every month. That’s more lives thrown away than there are public garbage cans in NYC.
Sodium hydroxide is a caustic compound found in hair removal products. It’s also found in cigarettes.
Tobacco kills over 20 times more people than murder.
Problems with self-esteem. Has menial, boring job. Emotionally insecure. Passive-aggressive. Probably leads fairly dull existence. Grooming not a strong priority. Lacks inner resources. Group conformist. Non-thinking. Not into ideas. Insecure follower. These are all terms taken from Big Tobacco’s files that have been used to describe different groups of potential customers for their deadly, addictive products.
Soups, cereals and other products we consume have to list ingredients on their labels, but cigarettes, a product that kills a third of its users, are not required to list any of the 599 possible additives.
As of 2006, tobacco was still depicted in three-quarters of youth rated movies and 90% of R-rated movies.
Sunburns can cause wrinkles; so can cigarettes.
In 1985, a tobacco industry brainstorming session came up with the idea of reaching their " younger adult smokers " in candy stores.
In 1994, one tobacco company reported instances of " insect infestation " in their cigarettes.
Smoking can lead to cataracts, the number one cause of vision loss in the world.
Secondhand smoke contains carbon monoxide. Smoking kills more than 9 times as many people per year as car accidents.
In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There’s 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes.
Because of the tobacco industry’s products, about 339 people in the U.S. die of lung cancer every day.
There’s hydrogen cyanide in rat poison. The same stuff is in cigarette smoke.
Hydrogen cyanide has been used in prison executions. It’s also found in cigarette smoke.
Tobacco companies have been targeting women with their advertising for the last 70 years.
As late as 1999, tobacco companies placed in-store advertising signage at a child’s eye level.
The impact of nicotine is jacked up because tobacco companies add ammonia to cigarettes.
Every day, cows release methane gas into the air. From you know where. But methane is also found somewhere else. Yesiree, in cigarette smoke.
69 animal and/or human carcinogens are in tobacco smoke.
Female college students are more likely to smoke daily than male college students.
43.9% of young adults who are college age, but do not attend college, smoke.
25.7% of college students smoke.
15% of college students smoke daily.
Smoking is responsible for the premature deaths of approximately 3 million women since 1980.
One half of all lifetime smokers will die prematurely as a result of smoking.
There will be 1 billion tobacco deaths worldwide in the 21st century if current trends continue.
There were 100 million deaths worldwide from tobacco use in the 20th century.
The U.S., China, Russian Federation, Japan, and Indonesia are the five countries that consume more than half of the world’s cigarettes.
10 million cigarettes are smoked every minute of every day around the world.
5.6 trillion cigarettes are produced by tobacco companies each year, amounting to nearly 900 cigarettes per year for every man, woman, and child in the world.
There are 4.8 million deaths worldwide from smoking each year.
In 1997, one tobacco company CEO said he would probably "instantly" shut his doors " to get a better hold on things " if it were proved to his satisfaction that smoking causes cancer. That same company now admits on their website that smoking causes cancer, but they’re still open for business.
In 1985, one tobacco vice president wondered, in reference to smoking-related deaths, if we should ban sleep since according to him the majority of people die in their sleep.
Every 6.5 seconds, someone in the world dies from a smoking-related disease.
Each year only 4.7% of smokers succeed in quitting.
Each year 41% of smokers quit for at least a day.
About 70% of smokers say they want to quit.
22.3% of high school students smoke.
8.1% of middle school students smoke.
In just one year, cigarettes leave about 31,000 kids fatherless.
In just one year, cigarettes leave about 12,000 kids motherless. That's 33 mothers a day.
About one third of youth smokers will eventually die from a tobacco-related disease.
Every day, about 1,500 youth become daily smokers.
Every day, about 3,900 youth ages 12 to 17 try a cigarette for the first time.
1 out of 3 smokers begin smoking before the age of 14.
The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (80% before age 18, 90% before age 20).
72.2 % of women reported wanting to quit and 41.9% made a quit attempt in 2000.
47.3% of women who have ever smoked have quit.
Pregnant women who smoke increase their risk of preterm delivery, low birth weight, and SIDS.
18.1% of women in the U.S. smoke.
It is estimated that as many as 22% of pregnant women and girls smoke.
32% of White middle school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
46% of White high school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
24.1% of White men smoke compared to 20.4% of White women.
According to one tobacco company VP, in 2001, a company name change could focus attention away from tobacco.
Every single day, in the U.S., the tobacco industry spends nearly $36 million on advertising and promotions.
39.2% of high school students report seeing advertisements for tobacco products on the Internet.
34.1% of middle school students report seeing advertisements for tobacco products on the Internet.
How do infants avoid secondhand smoke? "At some point they begin to crawl." Tobacco Executive, 1996.
61.4% of people below the poverty level reported wanting to quit smoking and 41.2% reported making a quit attempt in 2000.
In 2000, 33.6% of all people below the poverty level who had ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit.
35% of Hispanic high school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
30% of Hispanic youth in middle school smoke light cigarettes.
18.9% of Hispanic men smoke, compared to 10.9% of Hispanic women.
Smoking-attributable productivity losses for women are approximately $30.5 billion per year.
Smoking-attributable productivity losses for men are approximately $61.9 billion per year.
11.2% of Asian American high school students smoke cigarettes.
In 2000, 44.7% of all Asian Americans who had ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit.
41% of Asian American high school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
28% of Asian American middle school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
2.2% of Asian American middle school students smoke.
68.4% of African Americans reported wanting to quit smoking and 45% reported making a quit attempt in 2000.
More than 25% of African American youth are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home.
37.3% of African Americans who have ever smoked have quit.
1995 estimates put the tobacco-related death toll among African Americans at 45,000 per year.
During 1997-2001, smoking-attributable health care costs and productivity losses exceeded $167 billion per year.
During 1997-2001, smoking-attributable productivity losses totaled $92 billion per year.
In 1998, annual smoking-attributable medical expenditures were estimated at $75.5 billion.
63% of high school smokers say they want to quit smoking.
In 2002, nearly 46 million Americans had successfully quit smoking.
Higher smoking rates are associated with lower education levels.
Adults below the poverty level have an average smoking rate of 29.9% compared to 20.6% for people at or above the poverty level.
In the past, Big Tobacco has compared the addictiveness of cigarettes with that of television.
In the past, Big Tobacco has compared the addictiveness of cigarettes with coffee.
In the past, Big Tobacco has compared the addictiveness of cigarettes with M&M’s.
