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 540 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact American Spirits are marketed as additive-free. Yet their warning label states: "No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette." So they literally produce American spirits. As in, dead people. 12 Reactions Source: Pearson JL, Johnson A, Villanti A, et al Misperceptions of harm among Natural American Spirit smokers: results from wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2014) Tobacco Control Published Online First: 06 December 2016. American Spirit. 2001. Print. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact Hookah smoke has been associated with oral, lung and bladder cancer, not to mention clogged arteries and heart disease. 2 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, Disease, Hookah Fact Fact Fact People with any mental health issues or substance abuse disorders account for 40% of the cigarettes smoked in the U.S. 2 Reactions Source: Source: 2009 to 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs). NSDUH is an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). See all +less − Disease 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 Every day in 2017, an estimated 1,300 young adults misused an opioid prescription for the first time. 189 Reactions Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. SMA 18-5068, NSDUH Series H-53). Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers Fact Fact Fact In 2010, for every woman that died of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 went to the ER for misuse or abuse. 11 Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers and Other Drugs Among Women — United States, 1999–2010. MMWR 2013;62:537-542. See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Heroin, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery Fact Fact Fact In the U.S., smoking results in 5.4 million years of potential life lost each year. 13 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking." CDC. Respiratory Diseases. 2004. 43, 47. Report. See all +less − Death Fact Fact Fact Of current smokers in the U.S., 1,273,000 have emphysema from smoking. 2 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table. See all +less − Health Risks Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page53 Page54 Page55 Page56 Page57 Page58 Page59 Current page60 Page61 Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact American Spirits are marketed as additive-free. Yet their warning label states: "No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette." So they literally produce American spirits. As in, dead people. 12 Reactions Source: Pearson JL, Johnson A, Villanti A, et al Misperceptions of harm among Natural American Spirit smokers: results from wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2014) Tobacco Control Published Online First: 06 December 2016. American Spirit. 2001. Print. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact Hookah smoke has been associated with oral, lung and bladder cancer, not to mention clogged arteries and heart disease. 2 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, Disease, Hookah
Fact Fact Fact People with any mental health issues or substance abuse disorders account for 40% of the cigarettes smoked in the U.S. 2 Reactions Source: Source: 2009 to 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs). NSDUH is an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). See all +less − Disease
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 Every day in 2017, an estimated 1,300 young adults misused an opioid prescription for the first time. 189 Reactions Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. SMA 18-5068, NSDUH Series H-53). Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact In 2010, for every woman that died of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 went to the ER for misuse or abuse. 11 Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers and Other Drugs Among Women — United States, 1999–2010. MMWR 2013;62:537-542. See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Heroin, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery
Fact Fact Fact In the U.S., smoking results in 5.4 million years of potential life lost each year. 13 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking." CDC. Respiratory Diseases. 2004. 43, 47. Report. See all +less − Death
Fact Fact Fact Of current smokers in the U.S., 1,273,000 have emphysema from smoking. 2 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table. See all +less − Health Risks