Fact In 2015, 72.8% of African Americans were interested in quitting smoking and 63.4% reported making a quit attempt. Smoking, Quitting
Fact In the U.S. in 2012, 73.9% of people with at least a college degree who had ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit. Smoking, Quitting
Fact In the US, smoking-attributable productivity losses for men are approximately $105.6 billion per year. Smoking, Cost
Fact As long ago as 1969, a tobacco company executive stated that they had "taken a great many steps to avoid advertising directed to young people." Yet 10 years later, they supplied their products to be featured in The Muppet Movie. Smoking, Advertising
Fact Around the 1980s, tobacco companies labeled African Americans - less educated, prefer malt liquor, have problems with their own self-esteem. Smoking, Profiling
Fact In 1996, the tobacco industry said that drinking one to two glasses of whole milk a day was riskier than second-hand smoke. Smoking, Advertising, Health Risks
Fact In 1971, when one tobacco executive was reminded that smoking can lead to underweight babies, he said, "Some women would prefer smaller babies." Smoking, Advertising, Health Risks