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 288 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact The DoD spends more than $1.6 billion each year on tobacco-related medical care, increased hospitalization, and lost days of work. Reactions Source: Pentagon aims to curb tobacco use by military: memo; Reuters; April 26, 2016. Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Smoking Cessation in Military and Veteran Populations; Editors: Stuart Bondurant and Roberta Wedge; Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2009 See all +less − Health Risks Fact Fact Fact 1 in 4 LGBTQ individuals smoke. 3 Reactions Source: "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons and Tobacco Use." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 28 Feb. 2017. See all +less − Environment Fact Fact Fact For every smoker who died in 2015 worldwide, Big Tobacco raked in a $9,730.16 profit. That's up 39% from 2013. Turns out BT chooses wealth over health. 5 Reactions Source: “Manufacturing.” Tobacco Atlas, tobaccoatlas.org/topic/manufacturing/ See all +less − Death, Tobacco Sales Fact Fact Fact Eighty-five percent of African American smokers use menthols. 8 Reactions Source: Cristine D Delnevo, PhD, MPH, FAAHB, Ollie Ganz, DrPH, Renee D Goodwin, PhD, MPH, Banning Menthol Cigarettes: A Social Justice Issue Long Overdue, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 22, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1673–1675. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact A recent study found a link between vaping/smoking and the risk of COVID infection and symptoms among young people. 9 Reactions Source: Gaiha, S., Cheng, J., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2020, August 11). Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2020. See all +less − Disease Fact Fact Fact Nicotine has been found in the breast milk of animals exposed to tobacco. 16 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. Reproductive Effects. 564. Report. See all +less − Environment, Ingredients, Pets Fact Fact Fact In 1996, a major tobacco company planned to boost cigarette sales by targeting homeless people. They called their plan"Project SCUM: Sub Culture Urban Marketing." 27 Reactions Source: "Project Scum." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 02 Dec. 1995. 1-9. Report. See all +less − Advertising, Profiling Fact Fact Fact Every day, about 2,100 youth and young adults become daily smokers. 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, 2014. Report. See all +less − Legal Age Fact Fact Fact In 2006, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964. 1 Reactions Source: Proctor, R.N. "Puffing on Polonium." The New York Times. 01 Dec. 2006. Web. "Polonium-210 In Tobacco Smoke As A Tracer For Particle Deposition And Movement In Human Lungs." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 15 Apr. 1964. "Exposure Of Cigarette Smokers To Polonium-210." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1964. Report. Hager, JH. "Telephone Conversation, R. K. Heimann, This Date." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 09 June 1967. Letter. Pedersen, PM. "Filter Cigarettes For Removing Polonium From The Smoke, Interview With Mr. Nelson Stewart On September 23, 1964." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 25 Sept. 1964. Letter. See all +less − Death, Ingredients Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page28 Page29 Page30 Page31 Current page32 Page33 Page34 Page35 Page36 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact The DoD spends more than $1.6 billion each year on tobacco-related medical care, increased hospitalization, and lost days of work. Reactions Source: Pentagon aims to curb tobacco use by military: memo; Reuters; April 26, 2016. Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Smoking Cessation in Military and Veteran Populations; Editors: Stuart Bondurant and Roberta Wedge; Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2009 See all +less − Health Risks
Fact Fact Fact 1 in 4 LGBTQ individuals smoke. 3 Reactions Source: "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons and Tobacco Use." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 28 Feb. 2017. See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact For every smoker who died in 2015 worldwide, Big Tobacco raked in a $9,730.16 profit. That's up 39% from 2013. Turns out BT chooses wealth over health. 5 Reactions Source: “Manufacturing.” Tobacco Atlas, tobaccoatlas.org/topic/manufacturing/ See all +less − Death, Tobacco Sales
Fact Fact Fact Eighty-five percent of African American smokers use menthols. 8 Reactions Source: Cristine D Delnevo, PhD, MPH, FAAHB, Ollie Ganz, DrPH, Renee D Goodwin, PhD, MPH, Banning Menthol Cigarettes: A Social Justice Issue Long Overdue, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 22, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1673–1675. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact A recent study found a link between vaping/smoking and the risk of COVID infection and symptoms among young people. 9 Reactions Source: Gaiha, S., Cheng, J., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2020, August 11). Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2020. See all +less − Disease
Fact Fact Fact Nicotine has been found in the breast milk of animals exposed to tobacco. 16 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. Reproductive Effects. 564. Report. See all +less − Environment, Ingredients, Pets
Fact Fact Fact In 1996, a major tobacco company planned to boost cigarette sales by targeting homeless people. They called their plan"Project SCUM: Sub Culture Urban Marketing." 27 Reactions Source: "Project Scum." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 02 Dec. 1995. 1-9. Report. See all +less − Advertising, Profiling
Fact Fact Fact Every day, about 2,100 youth and young adults become daily smokers. 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, 2014. Report. See all +less − Legal Age
Fact Fact Fact In 2006, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964. 1 Reactions Source: Proctor, R.N. "Puffing on Polonium." The New York Times. 01 Dec. 2006. Web. "Polonium-210 In Tobacco Smoke As A Tracer For Particle Deposition And Movement In Human Lungs." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 15 Apr. 1964. "Exposure Of Cigarette Smokers To Polonium-210." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1964. Report. Hager, JH. "Telephone Conversation, R. K. Heimann, This Date." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 09 June 1967. Letter. Pedersen, PM. "Filter Cigarettes For Removing Polonium From The Smoke, Interview With Mr. Nelson Stewart On September 23, 1964." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 25 Sept. 1964. Letter. See all +less − Death, Ingredients