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 171 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact The average days’ supply of opioids prescribed by doctors in the U.S. increased 33% from 2006 to 2015. 1 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 − Painkillers, Prescriptions Fact Fact Fact The opioid mortality rate increased as the U.S. life expectancy rate decreased. Reactions Source: Xu JQ, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Bastian B,Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program 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 … Page15 Page16 Page17 Page18 Current page19 Page20 Page21 Page22 Page23 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact The average days’ supply of opioids prescribed by doctors in the U.S. increased 33% from 2006 to 2015. 1 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 − Painkillers, Prescriptions
Fact Fact Fact The opioid mortality rate increased as the U.S. life expectancy rate decreased. Reactions Source: Xu JQ, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Bastian B,Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program 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