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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. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001: 179.

http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/tcrb/monographs/13/m13_complete.pdf

"13th Report on Carcinogens (RoC): Acetaldehyde." National Toxicology Program, Department of Health and Human Services. 02 Oct. 2014. Web.

https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/content/profiles/acetaldehyde.pdf

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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!

Source: "TRI 312229: Other Tobacco Product Manufacturing Facilities (NAICS 312229)." A Center for Effective Government. Washington, DC. 2011. Web.

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Methane is found in dog poop and in cigarette smoke.

Source: "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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People with any mental health issues or substance abuse disorders account for 40% of the cigarettes smoked in the U.S.

Source: Source: 2009 to 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs). NSDUH is an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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Secondhand smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic and can cause cancer.

Source: Guide to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, July 2015.

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Fact: 81% of youth who have ever used tobacco started with a flavored product.

Source: "Flavored Tobacco Product Use in Youth and Adults: Findings From the First Wave of the PATH Study (2013–2014)." American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 2017.

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E-cigarette aerosol can contain toxic metals

Source: National Academies of Sciences E, Medicine. Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2018.

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An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke.

Source: "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. Oct. 2001.

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Nicotine has been found in the breast milk of animals exposed to tobacco.

Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. Reproductive Effects. 564. Report.

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Chromium is in tobacco smoke. Chromium contributes to cancer.

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One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine.

Source: "A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Other Effects. 2004: 616. Report.

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600 MILLION TREES are chopped down every year for Big Tobacco.

Source: "Tobacco and the environment." Action on Smoking and Health. Sept. 2015. Web.

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E-cigarettes are smoke-free and tobacco-free, but not all are nicotine-free even though some claim to be.

Source: "The Truth About: Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems." Truth Initiative.

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Acetaldehyde is in tobacco smoke. Acetaldehyde is a hazardous air pollutant.

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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!

Methane is found in dog poop and in cigarette smoke.

People with any mental health issues or substance abuse disorders account for 40% of the cigarettes smoked in the U.S.

Secondhand smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic and can cause cancer.

Fact: 81% of youth who have ever used tobacco started with a flavored product.

E-cigarette aerosol can contain toxic metals

An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke.

Nicotine has been found in the breast milk of animals exposed to tobacco.

Chromium is in tobacco smoke. Chromium contributes to cancer.

One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine.

600 MILLION TREES are chopped down every year for Big Tobacco.

E-cigarettes are smoke-free and tobacco-free, but not all are nicotine-free even though some claim to be.

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Acetaldehyde is in tobacco smoke. Acetaldehyde is a hazardous air pollutant.

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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!

Methane is found in dog poop and in cigarette smoke.

People with any mental health issues or substance abuse disorders account for 40% of the cigarettes smoked in the U.S.

Secondhand smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic and can cause cancer.

Fact: 81% of youth who have ever used tobacco started with a flavored product.

E-cigarette aerosol can contain toxic metals

An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke.

Nicotine has been found in the breast milk of animals exposed to tobacco.

Chromium is in tobacco smoke. Chromium contributes to cancer.

One cigarette company biologically engineered tobacco plants to have twice the normal level of nicotine.

600 MILLION TREES are chopped down every year for Big Tobacco.

E-cigarettes are smoke-free and tobacco-free, but not all are nicotine-free even though some claim to be.

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