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Carbon monoxide is in tobacco smoke. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas which can cause death.

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. 19 Nov. 2001: 185.

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Acetic Acid is found in cigarettes. Acetic Acid is also found in floor wipes.

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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Tobacco products are the only legal consumer product that can kill people when used as intended.

Source: "Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI). WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package." World Health Organization. 2009: 15. Web.

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In the past, A major tobacco company saw the military as an attractive marketing opportunity because of its young adult servicemen that they describe as “classic downscale smoker,” “less educated,” “part of the wrong crowd,” “in trouble with authorities,” and having “limited job prospects.”

Source: Military YAS Initiative, RJR, 1989

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Toluene is found in cigarette smoke. Toluene is also found in gasoline.

Source: McKeown, N J. "Toluene Toxicity." Medscape, 01 Feb. 2015. Web.

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In a year, the VA spent $5 billion dollars to treat veterans with tobacco-related COPD.

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Chronic exposure to heavy metals like lead, arsenic and cadmium can affect the brain. They're all found in cigarette smoke.

Source: Tchounwou, Paul B, et al."Heavy Metals Toxicity and the Environment." PMC. 26 Aug. 2014.

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Urea was found in cigarettes. Urea is also found in Pee.

Source: Covington & Burling. "Summary of Data on Urea." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 05 Feb. 1993. Report.

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There's hydrogen cyanide in rat poison. The same stuff is 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, 19 Nov. 2001. 56, 176, 251.

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According to tobacco21.org, If a person has reached age 21 without picking up smoking, their chances of starting are only 2%.

Source: "Healthy Towns, Healthy Kids." Tobbaco 21.org. March 2017.

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Sunburns can cause wrinkles; so can cigarettes.

Source: "Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mar. 2001. Health Consequences of Tobacco Use Among Women. Web.

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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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Smoke-free policies are more likely to protect white-collar employees than those working blue-collar jobs.

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Carbon monoxide is in tobacco smoke. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas which can cause death.

Acetic Acid is found in cigarettes. Acetic Acid is also found in floor wipes.

Tobacco products are the only legal consumer product that can kill people when used as intended.

Toluene is found in cigarette smoke. Toluene is also found in gasoline.

In a year, the VA spent $5 billion dollars to treat veterans with tobacco-related COPD.

Chronic exposure to heavy metals like lead, arsenic and cadmium can affect the brain. They're all found in cigarette smoke.

Urea was found in cigarettes. Urea is also found in Pee.

There's hydrogen cyanide in rat poison. The same stuff is in cigarette smoke.

According to tobacco21.org, If a person has reached age 21 without picking up smoking, their chances of starting are only 2%.

Sunburns can cause wrinkles; so can cigarettes.

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

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Carbon monoxide is in tobacco smoke. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas which can cause death.

Acetic Acid is found in cigarettes. Acetic Acid is also found in floor wipes.

Tobacco products are the only legal consumer product that can kill people when used as intended.

Toluene is found in cigarette smoke. Toluene is also found in gasoline.

In a year, the VA spent $5 billion dollars to treat veterans with tobacco-related COPD.

Chronic exposure to heavy metals like lead, arsenic and cadmium can affect the brain. They're all found in cigarette smoke.

Urea was found in cigarettes. Urea is also found in Pee.

There's hydrogen cyanide in rat poison. The same stuff is in cigarette smoke.

According to tobacco21.org, If a person has reached age 21 without picking up smoking, their chances of starting are only 2%.

Sunburns can cause wrinkles; so can cigarettes.

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

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