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 504 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact An average of 4.5mg of nicotine is absorbed from 7.9g of chewing tobacco and an average of 3.6mg of nicotine is absorbed from 2.5g moist snuff. 5 Reactions Source: Severson, H.H. "What Have We Learned From 20 Years of Research on Smokeless Tobacco Cessation?" American Journal of Medical Sciences. 326(4). Oct. 2003: 206-211. Web. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact Sucking on a shared hookah mouthpiece can help spread herpes. Gives new meaning to the term "pass it around" huh? 3 Reactions Source: "Hookahs." CDC. 14 Sept. 2015. Web. "Hookah Smoking: A Growing Threat to Public Health." American Lung Association. Report. See all +less − Disease 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 Stores often sell cigars, little cigars, and cigarillos as singles or in multi-packs for less than a buck. 3 Reactions Source: ChangeLabSolutions: Point of Sale Playbook: POLICY OPTIONS TO REGULATE THE SALE AND MARKETING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, 2016. http://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/ default/files/Point_of_Sale_Playbook_FINAL_20160105.pdf See all +less − Retail, Cigars 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 Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page52 Page53 Page54 Page55 Current page56 Page57 Page58 Page59 Page60 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact An average of 4.5mg of nicotine is absorbed from 7.9g of chewing tobacco and an average of 3.6mg of nicotine is absorbed from 2.5g moist snuff. 5 Reactions Source: Severson, H.H. "What Have We Learned From 20 Years of Research on Smokeless Tobacco Cessation?" American Journal of Medical Sciences. 326(4). Oct. 2003: 206-211. Web. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact Sucking on a shared hookah mouthpiece can help spread herpes. Gives new meaning to the term "pass it around" huh? 3 Reactions Source: "Hookahs." CDC. 14 Sept. 2015. Web. "Hookah Smoking: A Growing Threat to Public Health." American Lung Association. Report. See all +less − Disease
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 Stores often sell cigars, little cigars, and cigarillos as singles or in multi-packs for less than a buck. 3 Reactions Source: ChangeLabSolutions: Point of Sale Playbook: POLICY OPTIONS TO REGULATE THE SALE AND MARKETING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, 2016. http://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/ default/files/Point_of_Sale_Playbook_FINAL_20160105.pdf See all +less − Retail, Cigars
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