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 216 of 549 results. 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. 20 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 Fact Fact Fact There were 100 million deaths worldwide from tobacco use in the 20th century. 4 Reactions Source: "Smoking’s Death Toll." The Tobacco Atlas. 2015. Web. See all +less − Death Fact Fact Fact In 1953, Phillip Morris advertised their cigarettes as "the cigarette that takes the FEAR out of smoking." 1 Reactions Source: "The Cigarette that Takes the Fear out of Smoking. Call for Philip Morris." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1953. Advertisement. "The cigarette that takes the Fear out of smoking!" Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1956. Advertisement. See all +less − Advertising, Cigarettes 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 Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page20 Page21 Page22 Page23 Current page24 Page25 Page26 Page27 Page28 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
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. 20 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
Fact Fact Fact There were 100 million deaths worldwide from tobacco use in the 20th century. 4 Reactions Source: "Smoking’s Death Toll." The Tobacco Atlas. 2015. Web. See all +less − Death
Fact Fact Fact In 1953, Phillip Morris advertised their cigarettes as "the cigarette that takes the FEAR out of smoking." 1 Reactions Source: "The Cigarette that Takes the Fear out of Smoking. Call for Philip Morris." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1953. Advertisement. "The cigarette that takes the Fear out of smoking!" Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1956. Advertisement. See all +less − Advertising, Cigarettes
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