Topic AddictionAdvertisingAdvertisingCancerCancerChewing TobaccoCigarettesCigarsCostCostDeathDeathDiseaseDiseaseE-cigarettesEnvironmentEpidemicFashionFlavors/MentholFlavors/MentholGamingHealth RisksHealth RisksHealth RisksHeroinHookahIngredientsIngredientsJuulLegal AgeLegal AgeMarketingMarketingMoviesMusicOpioidsOverdosePainkillersPetsPop CulturePop CulturePrescriptionsProductsProfilingProfilingQuittingQuittingRecoveryRetailRetailSmoke-Free PlacesSmoke-Free PlacesSmokingSocial MediaStreamingTobacco SalesTobacco SnuffTVVaping ShowClose Filters Filter by Tags Subtags Search Change Issue SmokingVapingOpioids Showing 387 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco. 3 Reactions Source: "Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web. https://www.pdx.edu/healthycampus/sites/www.pdx.edu.healthycampus/files/Environmental_Impacts.3.7.13.pdf See all +less − Environment Fact Fact Fact Menthol cigarettes are easier to start and harder to quit. 3 Reactions Source: Truth Initiative, October 12, 2016. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, April 25, 2017. Laura Bach. See all +less − Flavors/Menthol Fact Fact Fact Around 375,000 stores in the U.S. sell tobacco products. Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014. See all +less − Retail Fact Fact Fact People recovering from substance abuse are twice as likely to relapse within three years if they are a smoker. Reactions Source: Weinberger, Andrea H., et al. “Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Increased Risk of Substance Use Disorder Relapse: A Nationally Representative, Prospective Longitudinal Investigation.” The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., 22 Feb. 2017. HealthDay. “Smoking slows recovery from drug abuse.” Chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-smoking-addiction-recovery-health-20170327-story.html. Accessed 21 Sept. 2017. See all +less − Quitting Fact Fact Fact In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars. 1070 Reactions Source: The Council of Economic Advisers. The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President; 2017. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/The%20Underestimated%20Cost%20of%20the%20Opioid%20Crisis.pdf See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic Fact Fact Fact Adolescent athletes in some high-injury sports are at a 50% higher risk of misusing prescription painkillers than their peers who don't participate in these sports. Reactions Source: Veliz PT, Boyd C, McCabe SE. Playing through pain: sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(5):e28–e30. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242 See all +less − Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,755,000 have had a heart attack from smoking. 16 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Morbidity --- United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 2003. 52(35): 842-844. Table. See all +less − Disease Fact Fact Fact Hydrogen cyanide is in tobacco smoke. Hydrogen cyanide exposure causes cardiovascular and respiratory illness. 3 Reactions 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. "Medical Management Guidelines for Hydrogen Cyanide." Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry. 21 Oct. 2014. Web. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact In 2009, annual smoking-attributable healthcare expenditures were estimated at $132.5 billion. 1 Reactions 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. See all +less − Health Risks Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page39 Page40 Page41 Page42 Current page43 Page44 Page45 Page46 Page47 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco. 3 Reactions Source: "Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web. https://www.pdx.edu/healthycampus/sites/www.pdx.edu.healthycampus/files/Environmental_Impacts.3.7.13.pdf See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact Menthol cigarettes are easier to start and harder to quit. 3 Reactions Source: Truth Initiative, October 12, 2016. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, April 25, 2017. Laura Bach. See all +less − Flavors/Menthol
Fact Fact Fact Around 375,000 stores in the U.S. sell tobacco products. Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014. See all +less − Retail
Fact Fact Fact People recovering from substance abuse are twice as likely to relapse within three years if they are a smoker. Reactions Source: Weinberger, Andrea H., et al. “Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Increased Risk of Substance Use Disorder Relapse: A Nationally Representative, Prospective Longitudinal Investigation.” The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., 22 Feb. 2017. HealthDay. “Smoking slows recovery from drug abuse.” Chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-smoking-addiction-recovery-health-20170327-story.html. Accessed 21 Sept. 2017. See all +less − Quitting
Fact Fact Fact In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars. 1070 Reactions Source: The Council of Economic Advisers. The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President; 2017. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/The%20Underestimated%20Cost%20of%20the%20Opioid%20Crisis.pdf See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic
Fact Fact Fact Adolescent athletes in some high-injury sports are at a 50% higher risk of misusing prescription painkillers than their peers who don't participate in these sports. Reactions Source: Veliz PT, Boyd C, McCabe SE. Playing through pain: sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(5):e28–e30. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242 See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,755,000 have had a heart attack from smoking. 16 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Morbidity --- United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 2003. 52(35): 842-844. Table. See all +less − Disease
Fact Fact Fact Hydrogen cyanide is in tobacco smoke. Hydrogen cyanide exposure causes cardiovascular and respiratory illness. 3 Reactions 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. "Medical Management Guidelines for Hydrogen Cyanide." Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry. 21 Oct. 2014. Web. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact In 2009, annual smoking-attributable healthcare expenditures were estimated at $132.5 billion. 1 Reactions 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. See all +less − Health Risks