Fact Chronic exposure to heavy metals like lead, arsenic and cadmium can affect the brain. They're all found in cigarette smoke. Smoking, Ingredients
Fact In 1989, one tobacco company called the threat of an acute deficiency of young adult smokers the "doomsday scenario." Smoking, Legal Age
Fact Chemicals that seep out of cigarette butts can be acutely toxic to fish and micro-organisms. Smoking, Ingredients
Fact One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a study in a laboratory setting. Smoking
Fact Advertising and promotional expenditures for both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in 2017: $9.4 billion. Smoking, Advertising
Fact The amount the industry spent on tobacco advertising and promotion in 2012? $26 million per day. Smoking, Advertising
Fact As part of a 1982 tobacco company's report on how to "get a foothold in the young black menthol market," they said they'd need a brand "with a short, easily pronounced name." Smoking, Marketing
Fact Every cigarette a man smokes takes 11 minutes off his life. That means every pack of cigarettes Big Tobacco makes shortens a man's life by 3.5 hours. Let that blow your mind. Smoking, Health Risks