Fact Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents. Smoking, Advertising, Profiling
Fact Even if someone doesn't consider themselves a smoker, every "bummed" cigarette causes damage to vital organs in the body. Give that pancreas a break. Smoking, Health Risks
Fact In the U.S. alone, every day the tobacco industry spends enough money marketing its products to buy 150,000 10-karat gold grillz. Smoking, Marketing
Fact Sucking on a shared hookah mouthpiece can help spread herpes. Gives new meaning to the term "pass it around" huh? Smoking, Disease
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. Smoking, Advertising
Fact Back in the day, tobacco companies provided the White House with complimentary gold-sealed "Presidential" cigarettes. Way to hail the chief. Smoking, Advertising
Fact 1981: "Today's teenager is tomorrow's potential regular customer." Said a tobacco researcher whose company was definitely not targeting kids. Smoking, Marketing
Fact Back in the day, Big tobacco exposed sheep to smoke by sticking tracheotomy tubes down their throats. Smoking, Smoking
Fact Tobacco products are the only legal consumer product that can kill people when used as intended. Smoking, Products