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After they were banned in 2009, Big Tobacco intentionally manipulated flavored cigarettes so that they could market them as “little cigars.” Real creative, Big Tobacco.
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"Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 20 April 2017.
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69 animal and/or human carcinogens are in tobacco smoke.
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"Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001.
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Sucking on a shared hookah mouthpiece can help spread herpes. Gives new meaning to the term "pass it around" huh?
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"Hookahs." CDC. 14 Sept. 2015. Web.
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Smokeless tobacco is addictive.
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"The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, NIH Pub. Bethesda, MD. Apr. 1986. Report.
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In 1985, one tobacco vice president wondered, in reference to smoking-related deaths, if we should ban sleep since according to him the majority of people die in their sleep.
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Dollisson, J. "Smoking & Health 'The Scientific Controversy'." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 14 May 1985. 109-13. Report.
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Nearly 70% of smokers say they want to quit, but only 6% are able to each year.
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"Cigarette Smoking Among Adults- United States, 2000." CDC, 26 July 2002. 51(29): 642-645. Web.
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A study conducted in Philadelphia found that there were 69% more tobacco retailers per capita in low-income areas than in high-income areas.
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Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Tobacco Sales and Neighborhood Income in Philadelphia. CHART 2016;1(2):1–6
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You get double the matches if you're not smoking in your profile pics.
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Edmunds, Simon. "Anti-Smoking Group Use Tinder for Campaign." GlobalDatingInsights.com. 30 Apr. 2014. Web.
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In the past, a tobacco company planned to boost cigarette sales by targeting the gay community. They even called their plan Project SCUM.
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Unknown. PROJECT SCUM.. 1995 December 12. RJ Reynolds Records. Unknown
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Advertising and promotional expenditures for both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in 2017: $9.4 billion.
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Federal Trade Commission. Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2017. Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2017-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco. Published February, 2019.
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