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In the U.S., smoking results in 5.4 million years of potential life lost each year.

Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking." CDC. Respiratory Diseases. 2004. 43, 47. Report.

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Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use.

Source: Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Miech, R. A., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2015). Monitoring the Future national results on drug use: 1975-2015: Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan.

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About one third of youth smokers will eventually die from a tobacco-related disease.

Source: Epstein, D. "Tobacco: the next World War?" Pan American Health Organization. World Health Organization. 1997. 2(2). Web.

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39.2% of high school students report seeing advertisements for tobacco products on the Internet.

Source: "Tobacco Use, Access, and Exposure to Tobacco in Media Among Middle School and High School Students-- United States, 2004." CDC. 01 Apr. 2005: 54(12) 297-301. Web.

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In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes.

Source: "Economic Policy: Interest Rates Are Kept High." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 16 Feb. 1989. Report.

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Cigarettes and other smoking materials are the number one cause of fire deaths in the U.S.

Source: Hall, John R. "The Smoking Material Fire Problem." National Fire Protection Association. July 2013. Web.

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1,893 U.S. smokers died in 2008 from smoking-related atherosclerosis.

Source: "Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses-- United States, 2000-2004." CDC. 14 Nov. 57(45). 2008: 1226-8. Table.

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Every year, tobacco-related disease kills about 202,000 women in the US.

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. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs. 2014. Report.

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Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S.

Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General Executive Summary." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014. 13. Report.

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The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (nearly 87% before age 18, and nearly 94% before age 20).

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. 2014. Report.

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96.56 million pounds of moist snuff were sold in 2011 — more than the combined sales of all of the other types of smokeless tobacco. Moist snuff also continued to receive the most advertising and promotional support from smokeless tobacco companies.

Source: "Federal Trade Commission Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2011." Federal Trade Commission. 2013. Report.

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In the U.S., smoking is depicted in 33% of youth-rated movies, and 75% of R-rated movies.

Source: Polansky JR, et al. "Smoking in Top-Grossing U.S. Movies, 2012." University of California, Mar. 2013: 2-11. Web.

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Because of the tobacco industry's products, about 353 people in the U.S. die of lung cancer every day.

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In the U.S., smoking results in 5.4 million years of potential life lost each year.

Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use.

About one third of youth smokers will eventually die from a tobacco-related disease.

39.2% of high school students report seeing advertisements for tobacco products on the Internet.

In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes.

Cigarettes and other smoking materials are the number one cause of fire deaths in the U.S.

1,893 U.S. smokers died in 2008 from smoking-related atherosclerosis.

Every year, tobacco-related disease kills about 202,000 women in the US.

Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S.

The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (nearly 87% before age 18, and nearly 94% before age 20).

96.56 million pounds of moist snuff were sold in 2011 — more than the combined sales of all of the other types of smokeless tobacco. Moist snuff also continued to receive the most advertising and promotional support from smokeless tobacco companies.

In the U.S., smoking is depicted in 33% of youth-rated movies, and 75% of R-rated movies.

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In the U.S., smoking results in 5.4 million years of potential life lost each year.

Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use.

About one third of youth smokers will eventually die from a tobacco-related disease.

39.2% of high school students report seeing advertisements for tobacco products on the Internet.

In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes.

Cigarettes and other smoking materials are the number one cause of fire deaths in the U.S.

1,893 U.S. smokers died in 2008 from smoking-related atherosclerosis.

Every year, tobacco-related disease kills about 202,000 women in the US.

Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S.

The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (nearly 87% before age 18, and nearly 94% before age 20).

96.56 million pounds of moist snuff were sold in 2011 — more than the combined sales of all of the other types of smokeless tobacco. Moist snuff also continued to receive the most advertising and promotional support from smokeless tobacco companies.

In the U.S., smoking is depicted in 33% of youth-rated movies, and 75% of R-rated movies.

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