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 252 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact Those glowing amber charcoals used on hookahs? They release high levels of dangerous toxic agents like carbon monoxide, metals and cancer-causing chemicals. Reactions Source: Cobb, Caroline, et al."Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States." American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web. See all +less − Cancer, Ingredients, Hookah Fact Fact Fact The most common causes of death among people with mental illness are heart disease, cancer, and lung disease, which can all be caused by smoking. 3 Reactions Source: Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (Secondary Source CDC Report) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EEuLGQRomzb2Y5TE5aVS1HWFU/view See all +less − Cancer, Death, Disease Fact Fact Fact A study showed that 11-14 year olds who visited convenience stores at least twice a week were more than twice as likely to begin smoking as those who rarely visited those stores. 4 Reactions Source: Lisa Henriksen, Nina Schleicher, Ellen Feighery, and Stephen Fortmann, A Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Retail Cigarette Advertising and Smoking Initiation, 126 PEDIATRICS 232, 232 (2010); See all +less − Retail, Cigarettes Fact Fact Fact Fact: 81% of youth who have ever used tobacco started with a flavored product. 27 Reactions 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. https://www.thetruth.com/sites/default/files/villanti2017.pdf See all +less − Flavors/Menthol Fact Fact Fact In 2016, enough painkillers were prescribed to medicate every American adult 30 mg of hydrocodone every day for almost a month. Reactions Source: Guy GP Jr., Zhang K, Bohm MK, et al. Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:697–704. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6626a4 See all +less − Fact Fact Fact In 2017, 70% of overdose deaths in D.C. involved fentanyl or its analogues. 9 Reactions Source: Leak C. Opioid-related Fatal Overdoses: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2017. Government of the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 2018. See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 637,000 have had a stroke from smoking. 14 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 Fact Fact Fact About 90% of lung cancer deaths among women who continue to smoke are tobacco related. 68 Reactions Source: "Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2001. 13. Report. See all +less − Death Fact Fact Fact In 2006, a judge ruled that Big Tobacco had been engaged in a 50-year-long scheme to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking. Lies suck too. 1 Reactions Source: "Judge rules against Big Tobacco." CNN Money. 18 Aug. 2006. Web. "Final Opinion." United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 17 Aug. 2006. 1-4, 219, 259, 293, 330, 479, 655, 819, 1397. Print. See all +less − Advertising Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page24 Page25 Page26 Page27 Current page28 Page29 Page30 Page31 Page32 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Those glowing amber charcoals used on hookahs? They release high levels of dangerous toxic agents like carbon monoxide, metals and cancer-causing chemicals. Reactions Source: Cobb, Caroline, et al."Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States." American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web. See all +less − Cancer, Ingredients, Hookah
Fact Fact Fact The most common causes of death among people with mental illness are heart disease, cancer, and lung disease, which can all be caused by smoking. 3 Reactions Source: Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (Secondary Source CDC Report) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EEuLGQRomzb2Y5TE5aVS1HWFU/view See all +less − Cancer, Death, Disease
Fact Fact Fact A study showed that 11-14 year olds who visited convenience stores at least twice a week were more than twice as likely to begin smoking as those who rarely visited those stores. 4 Reactions Source: Lisa Henriksen, Nina Schleicher, Ellen Feighery, and Stephen Fortmann, A Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Retail Cigarette Advertising and Smoking Initiation, 126 PEDIATRICS 232, 232 (2010); See all +less − Retail, Cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact Fact: 81% of youth who have ever used tobacco started with a flavored product. 27 Reactions 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. https://www.thetruth.com/sites/default/files/villanti2017.pdf See all +less − Flavors/Menthol
Fact Fact Fact In 2016, enough painkillers were prescribed to medicate every American adult 30 mg of hydrocodone every day for almost a month. Reactions Source: Guy GP Jr., Zhang K, Bohm MK, et al. Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:697–704. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6626a4 See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact In 2017, 70% of overdose deaths in D.C. involved fentanyl or its analogues. 9 Reactions Source: Leak C. Opioid-related Fatal Overdoses: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2017. Government of the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 2018. See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions
Fact Fact Fact Of former smokers in the U.S., 637,000 have had a stroke from smoking. 14 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
Fact Fact Fact About 90% of lung cancer deaths among women who continue to smoke are tobacco related. 68 Reactions Source: "Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2001. 13. Report. See all +less − Death
Fact Fact Fact In 2006, a judge ruled that Big Tobacco had been engaged in a 50-year-long scheme to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking. Lies suck too. 1 Reactions Source: "Judge rules against Big Tobacco." CNN Money. 18 Aug. 2006. Web. "Final Opinion." United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 17 Aug. 2006. 1-4, 219, 259, 293, 330, 479, 655, 819, 1397. Print. See all +less − Advertising