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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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Source:

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

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PROUD

Big Tobacco used Pride to target members of the LGBTQ+ community. So we’re asking you: what makes you feel proud?

Advertising, Pop Culture

A Parallel Story

Pride is a time for celebration -- but Big Tobacco used it to target LGBTQ+ people with the sale of deadly tobacco products

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The Environment and Tobacco

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Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth.

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"Top 10 Items Found." Ocean Conservancy. Web.

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Let’s Clear the Air

Let’s clear the air - is secondhand smoke welcome in your city? It’s not only annoying, but can be very harmful to public health.

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The Environment and Tobacco

Cigarettes + the environment = a not-so-happy planet

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Black Lives - Black Lungs

Read Between the Lies

What happened when a young creator started digging through Big Tobacco’s history of racism.

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The Journey of a Stolen Leaf

What happened when a young creator started digging through Big Tobacco’s history of racism.

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Twinkle Twinkle

Guys, Let's Have A Hard Conversation

Guys, let's have a hard conversation - is your smoking habit contributing to erectile dysfunction?

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Cigarettes + Environment

Cigarettes + Environment = Disaster

Cigarette use worldwide kills millions of people every year and increase the odds of animals getting cancer. Test your knowledge on cigarettes and the environment, when combined a recipe for disaster.

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Read Between the Lies

Big Tobacco's long history of systemic racism is contributing to a public health emergency in the Black community. By design.

Exploitation Today

Big Tobacco’s Actions Speak

These are Big Tobacco action’s within the Black community -- read by the Black community.

Cigarettes

Not a Coincidence

Big Tobacco is sweetening the deal for smokers - to this day, menthol cigarettes are easier to start and harder to quit smoking.

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truth x College Humor

Big Tobacco's Saying Sorry...Because They Legally Have To.

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Progress Report

Atlanta

Thanks to all the hard work by Smoke-Free Atlanta and the Atlanta City Council, ATL has officially passed a smoke-free law.

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Progress Report

Walmart Progress

Walmart Progress Report

Walmart to stop selling cigarettes in select stores!

Let’s Clear the Air

Let’s clear the air - is secondhand smoke welcome in your city? It’s not only annoying, but can be very harmful to public health.

Environment, Smoke-Free Places

Progress Report

Progress Report: Walgreen

Progress Report: Walgreens

Tobacco doesn't belong in pharmacies. Let's keep making noise - progress made in Gainesville, FL Walgreens shows its working.

Cigarettes, Tobacco Sales

Namaste Away from Smoking

All cigarettes are bad for you, even those deemed ‘natural’ or ‘organic.’ No additives in your cigarette does not equal not addictive, not deadly or not harmful.

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Research shows a link between increased nicotine use and feelings of depression, meaning the more you use it, the more depressed you may feel.

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BI-DIRECTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ELECTRONIC AND COMBUSTIBLE CIGARETTE USE ONSET PATTERNS WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN ADOLESCENTS WILLIAM V. LECHNER,A,* TIM JANSSEN,A CHRISTOPHER W. KAHLER,A JANET AUDRAIN-MCGOVERN,B AND ADAM M. LEVENTHALC

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

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Source:

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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Products

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

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Source:

"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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Death, Disease

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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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Source:

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

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Cancer

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

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Source:

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

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Cancer

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Fact

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

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Source:

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

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Disease

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Let's Clear the Air

Think secondhand smoke is harmless? Let's see what you know and Clear the Air with truth's secondhand smoke quiz.

Environment, Ingredients, Smoke-Free Places

Cigarettes + the Penis

Cigarettes cause a variety of health complications, such as smoking can cause erectile dysfunction in men as young as 20.

Disease

Targeting by the Numbers

Test your knowledge of Big Tobacco’s tactics with truth’s Targeting by the Numbers quiz - it’s not okay to see dollar signs in struggling communities.

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Tobacco + Mental Health

Do you know the facts about tobacco and mental health? Take truth's quiz to test your knowledge.

Disease, Profiling, Cigarettes

Are You "At Attention"?

Big Tobacco has exploited members of the U.S. military. Do you know the facts?

Profiling, Cigarettes

Big Tobacco’s Targeting

Call out Big Tobacco’s Targeting

Big Tobacco has been targeting low-income neighborhoods for decades. Can you spot their tactics?

Profiling

Unflow Quiz

Unflow

Take truth’s ‘Unflow Quiz’ and find out - can smoking impact your period? You might not know.

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Activity

Reinvent the Reel

Don’t let your favorite characters be unpaid spokespeople for Big Tobacco.

Pop Culture

Big Tobacco’s tactics

Can you spot Big Tobacco’s tactics?

Big Tobacco targets the LGBTQ community with their marketing. Can you spot Big Tobacco’s tactics? Test your knowledge with truth's quiz.

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Big Tobacco has targeted the LGBTQ+ community

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

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A Parallel Story

The Environment and Tobacco

Fact Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth.

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Let’s Clear the Air

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Fact Research shows a link between increased nicotine use and feelings of depression, meaning the more you use it, the more depressed you may feel.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Cigarettes + the Penis

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Fact

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

Fact

Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth.

Fact

Research shows a link between increased nicotine use and feelings of depression, meaning the more you use it, the more depressed you may feel.

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.

Fact

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

Fact

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

Fact

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

Fact

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