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 252 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact Around the 1980s, tobacco companies labeled African Americans - less educated, prefer malt liquor, have problems with their own self-esteem. 3 Reactions Source: "1990 (900000) New Marketing Ideas. Summary of Programs." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1989. Report. Hunter, C.S. "Marketing Research Report. Inner City Black Creative Exploratory." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 16 Jan. 1989. Report. Esty, William. "The Black Menthol Cigarette Market February, 1979." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, Feb. 1979. Research. See all +less − Profiling Fact Fact Fact Smokeless tobacco is addictive. 9 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, NIH Pub. Bethesda, MD. Apr. 1986. Report. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents. 1 Reactions Source: George-Perutz, Andrew. "Project Screen (Kestrel, Heron, Nightingale)." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 20 Jan. 1989. Letter. See all +less − Advertising, Profiling Fact Fact Fact Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco. 4 Reactions Source: "Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web. https://www.pdx.edu/healthycampus/sites/www.pdx.edu.healthycampus/files/Environmental_Impacts.3.7.13.pdf See all +less − Environment Fact Fact Fact Menthol cigarettes are easier to start and harder to quit. 4 Reactions Source: Truth Initiative, October 12, 2016. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, April 25, 2017. Laura Bach. See all +less − Flavors/Menthol Fact Fact Fact Around 375,000 stores in the U.S. sell tobacco products. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014. See all +less − Retail Fact Fact Fact People recovering from substance abuse are twice as likely to relapse within three years if they are a smoker. Reactions Source: Weinberger, Andrea H., et al. “Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Increased Risk of Substance Use Disorder Relapse: A Nationally Representative, Prospective Longitudinal Investigation.” The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., 22 Feb. 2017. HealthDay. “Smoking slows recovery from drug abuse.” Chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-smoking-addiction-recovery-health-20170327-story.html. Accessed 21 Sept. 2017. See all +less − Quitting Fact Fact Fact In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars. 1071 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 − Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page24 Page25 Page26 Page27 Current page28 Page29 Page30 Page31 Page32 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Around the 1980s, tobacco companies labeled African Americans - less educated, prefer malt liquor, have problems with their own self-esteem. 3 Reactions Source: "1990 (900000) New Marketing Ideas. Summary of Programs." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1989. Report. Hunter, C.S. "Marketing Research Report. Inner City Black Creative Exploratory." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 16 Jan. 1989. Report. Esty, William. "The Black Menthol Cigarette Market February, 1979." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, Feb. 1979. Research. See all +less − Profiling
Fact Fact Fact Smokeless tobacco is addictive. 9 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, NIH Pub. Bethesda, MD. Apr. 1986. Report. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco once proposed a brand targeting younger smokers, called Kestrel. A kestrel is a bird that preys on small rodents. 1 Reactions Source: George-Perutz, Andrew. "Project Screen (Kestrel, Heron, Nightingale)." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 20 Jan. 1989. Letter. See all +less − Advertising, Profiling
Fact Fact Fact Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco. 4 Reactions Source: "Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web. https://www.pdx.edu/healthycampus/sites/www.pdx.edu.healthycampus/files/Environmental_Impacts.3.7.13.pdf See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact Menthol cigarettes are easier to start and harder to quit. 4 Reactions Source: Truth Initiative, October 12, 2016. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, April 25, 2017. Laura Bach. See all +less − Flavors/Menthol
Fact Fact Fact Around 375,000 stores in the U.S. sell tobacco products. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014. See all +less − Retail
Fact Fact Fact People recovering from substance abuse are twice as likely to relapse within three years if they are a smoker. Reactions Source: Weinberger, Andrea H., et al. “Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Increased Risk of Substance Use Disorder Relapse: A Nationally Representative, Prospective Longitudinal Investigation.” The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., 22 Feb. 2017. HealthDay. “Smoking slows recovery from drug abuse.” Chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-smoking-addiction-recovery-health-20170327-story.html. Accessed 21 Sept. 2017. See all +less − Quitting
Fact Fact Fact In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars. 1071 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 −