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Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine, Oct. 2001. "Toxicological Profile For Benzene." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, GA., Aug. 2007. "Toxicological Profile For Arsenic." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, GA., Aug. 2007. "Toxicological Profile For Cyanide." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, GA., Aug. 2007. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes Fact Fact Fact Using smokeless tobacco is also associated with gum recession, dental caries, and dental staining and abrasion. 2 Reactions Source: "Youth and Tobacco: Preventing Tobacco Use among Young People. A Report of the Surgeon General." Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC. 33. Web. See all +less − Disease Fact Fact Fact Even if someone doesn't consider themselves a smoker, every "bummed" cigarette causes damage to vital organs in the body. Give that pancreas a break. 190 Reactions Source: Young, Saundra. "Surgeon General report: Tobacco smoke does immediate damage." CNN. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Atlanta, GA. 2010: 6. See all +less − Health Risks Fact Fact Fact An estimated 1.69 BILLION pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year. 3 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Butts Are Toxic Waste." California Department of Public Health. 2015. Web. See all +less − Environment Fact Fact Fact People with mental illness die about 5 years earlier than those without these disorders; many of these deaths are caused by smoking cigarettes. Reactions Source: Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (Secondary Source CDC Report) ; March 10, 2017 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6205a2.htm?s_cid=mm6205a2_w See all +less − Environment, Death Fact Fact Fact Advertising products at the point-of-sale at convenience stores increases "impulse buys" and makes tobacco seem like a part of everyday life. Which is probably why Big Tobacco spends 95% of its $9.1 billion yearly budget here. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape. St. Louis, MO: Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Cancer Institute, State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initative, 2014. http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default /files/resources/WaU-guide-POS-policy-report-2015.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail, Products Fact Fact Fact Flavored cigs were banned in 2009 because they appealed to kids. Since, the # of “flavored cigars” on the market has more than doubled. Coincidence? 3 Reactions Source: "Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 20 April 2017. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact Over half of young adults who misused prescription opioids got them from a friend or family member. 2 Reactions Source: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2017). 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers Fact Fact Fact There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016. 198 Reactions Source: Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2):e180217. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page21 Page22 Page23 Page24 Current page25 Page26 Page27 Page28 Page29 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Benzene, arsenic and cyanide are all poisons. They're all in cigarette smoke too. 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, Oct. 2001. "Toxicological Profile For Benzene." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, GA., Aug. 2007. "Toxicological Profile For Arsenic." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, GA., Aug. 2007. "Toxicological Profile For Cyanide." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, GA., Aug. 2007. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact Using smokeless tobacco is also associated with gum recession, dental caries, and dental staining and abrasion. 2 Reactions Source: "Youth and Tobacco: Preventing Tobacco Use among Young People. A Report of the Surgeon General." Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC. 33. Web. See all +less − Disease
Fact Fact Fact Even if someone doesn't consider themselves a smoker, every "bummed" cigarette causes damage to vital organs in the body. Give that pancreas a break. 190 Reactions Source: Young, Saundra. "Surgeon General report: Tobacco smoke does immediate damage." CNN. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Atlanta, GA. 2010: 6. See all +less − Health Risks
Fact Fact Fact An estimated 1.69 BILLION pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year. 3 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Butts Are Toxic Waste." California Department of Public Health. 2015. Web. See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact People with mental illness die about 5 years earlier than those without these disorders; many of these deaths are caused by smoking cigarettes. Reactions Source: Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (Secondary Source CDC Report) ; March 10, 2017 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6205a2.htm?s_cid=mm6205a2_w See all +less − Environment, Death
Fact Fact Fact Advertising products at the point-of-sale at convenience stores increases "impulse buys" and makes tobacco seem like a part of everyday life. Which is probably why Big Tobacco spends 95% of its $9.1 billion yearly budget here. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape. St. Louis, MO: Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Cancer Institute, State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initative, 2014. http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default /files/resources/WaU-guide-POS-policy-report-2015.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail, Products
Fact Fact Fact Flavored cigs were banned in 2009 because they appealed to kids. Since, the # of “flavored cigars” on the market has more than doubled. Coincidence? 3 Reactions Source: "Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 20 April 2017. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact Over half of young adults who misused prescription opioids got them from a friend or family member. 2 Reactions Source: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2017). 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016. 198 Reactions Source: Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2):e180217. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions