A typical 60 minute hookah session is the same as smoking 100 cigarettes.
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"Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects, Research Needs and Recommended Actions by Regulators. WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg)." World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. 16 Sept. 2005.
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In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.
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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. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs, 2014. Report.
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Every day, more than 3,200 youth under age 18 try a cigarette for the first time.
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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, 2014. Report.
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In 1993, the Supreme Court decided that an inmate could sue a prison claiming that exposure to his cellmate's secondhand smoke could constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
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"Helling v. McKenney (91-1958), 509 U.S. 25 (1993)." Supreme Court of the United States. 1993. 1, 5.
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More than 11 million cigarettes per minute were smoked around the world every single day in 2009.
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"Cigarette Use Globally." The Tobacco Atlas. 2015. Web.
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Over 16 million Americans live with tobacco-related illnesses.
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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. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs. 2014. Report.
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In the U.S. in 2010, 62.4% of current young adult smokers were able to quit smoking for more than a day.
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"Quitting Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2001--2010." CDC. 11 Nov. 2011. 60(44): 1513-1519. Web.
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Cigarette smoke contains about 7,000 chemicals.
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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. Other Specific Outcomes, 2014. Report.
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Smoking can lead to cataracts, the number one cause of vision loss in the world.
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"Surgeon General's Report. The Health Conquences of Smoking." CDC. Other Effects. 777, 779. Web.
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Of current smokers in the U.S., 2,633,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.
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"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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An estimated 1.69 BILLION pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year.
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"Cigarette Butts Are Toxic Waste." California Department of Public Health. 2015. Web.
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Less than 6% of teens still smoke. That's less than the number of landlines still in use.
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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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1,685,068 pounds of toxic chemicals were released by tobacco product manufacturing facilities in the US in 2012. There goes the neighborhood!
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"TRI 312229: Other Tobacco Product Manufacturing Facilities (NAICS 312229)." A Center for Effective Government. Washington, DC. 2011. Web.
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