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Big tobacco targeted people with mental health issues.

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Source 1:

Preparation of a Scientific American Article in How Nicotine Works in the Human Brain April 9,1993 / RJR, Smith CJR

https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=jggl0089

Source 2:

Thank you note addressed to RJ Reynolds: “Thank you for your generous contribution…”March 4, 1985 / RJR

https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=hggk0006

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Request letter addressed to RJ Reynolds: Operation Santa Claus October 4, 1984 / RJR

https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=tfgk0006

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Itemized list of all samples distributed by Lorillard employees February 22, 1983 / Lorillard Records

https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=pmbk0110

Source 6:

Tobacco: US Domestic Tobacco Primer, 2017 Edition March 22, 2017 / Bank of America, Merrill Lynch

Source 7:

Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders June, 2016 / CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/disparities/mental-illness-substance-use/index.htm

Source 8:

Understanding Excess Mortality in Persons with Mental Illness June, 2011 / Medical Care. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EEuLGQRomzb2Y5TE5aVS1HWFU/view?usp=sharing

Source 9:

Vital Signs: Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults Aged > 18 Years with Mental Illness – United States, 2009-2011 February 8, 2013 / CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6205a2.htm?s_cid=mm6205a2_w

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