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Big Tobacco has targeted the LGBTQ+ community

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Big Tobacco disproportionately targeted the LGBTQ community. They even used “pride” in their advertisements.

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"How the Tobacco Industry Has Targeted the LGBT Community for Decades." ATTN.com; 13 Jan 2017.

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LGBT adults smoke at rates up to 2.5 times higher than straight adults.

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Lee JGL, Griffin GK, Melvin CL. Tobacco use among sexual minorities in the USA, 1987 to May 2007: a systematic review. Tobacco Control 2009;18:275-282.

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In the U.S., about 41,000 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related diseases.

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"The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Cardiovascular Diseases. 2014. Report.

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In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 2,633,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.

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Source:

"Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Morbidity --- United States, 2000." Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 52(35). 05 Sept. 2003: 842-844. Table.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

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Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000. CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.

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"Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 52(35). 2003: 842-844. Table.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 384,000 have had a stroke from smoking.

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"Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 52(35). 2003: 842-844. Table.

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Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,872,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.

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"Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. MMWR 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table.

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Big Tobacco has targeted the LGBTQ+ community

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Big Tobacco disproportionately targeted the LGBTQ community. They even used “pride” in their advertisements.

Fact

Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth.

Fact

LGBT adults smoke at rates up to 2.5 times higher than straight adults.

Fact

In the U.S., about 41,000 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related diseases.

Fact

In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 2,633,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 384,000 have had a stroke from smoking.

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Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,872,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.