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 189 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact Advertising products at the point-of-sale at convenience stores increases "impulse buys" and makes tobacco seem like a part of everyday life. Which is probably why Big Tobacco spends 95% of its $9.1 billion yearly budget here. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape. St. Louis, MO: Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Cancer Institute, State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initative, 2014. http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default /files/resources/WaU-guide-POS-policy-report-2015.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail, Products Fact Fact Fact Flavored cigs were banned in 2009 because they appealed to kids. Since, the # of “flavored cigars” on the market has more than doubled. Coincidence? 3 Reactions Source: "Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 20 April 2017. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact Over half of young adults who misused prescription opioids got them from a friend or family member. 2 Reactions Source: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2017). 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers Fact Fact Fact There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016. 197 Reactions Source: Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2):e180217. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions Fact Fact Fact In the U.S., smoking results in 5.4 million years of potential life lost each year. 5 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking." CDC. Respiratory Diseases. 2004. 43, 47. Report. See all +less − Death Fact Fact Fact Of current smokers in the U.S., 1,273,000 have emphysema from smoking. 2 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table. See all +less − Health Risks Fact Fact Fact In 2008, 48.8% of people for whom their high school diploma was their highest level of educational attainment who have ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit. 1 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Trends in Smoking Cessation --- United States, 2008." CDC. Atlanta, GA. 58(44). 13 Nov. 2009: 1227-1232. Web. See all +less − Quitting Fact Fact Fact 69 animal and/or human carcinogens are in tobacco smoke. 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. Bethesda, MD. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001. See all +less − Cigarettes Fact Fact Fact An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke. 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. Oct. 2001. "Naphthalene in Moth Balls and Toilet Deodorant Cakes." New South Wales Government Department of Health. Jan. 2011. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page17 Page18 Page19 Page20 Current page21 Page22 Page23 Page24 Page25 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Advertising products at the point-of-sale at convenience stores increases "impulse buys" and makes tobacco seem like a part of everyday life. Which is probably why Big Tobacco spends 95% of its $9.1 billion yearly budget here. 1 Reactions Source: Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape. St. Louis, MO: Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Cancer Institute, State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initative, 2014. http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default /files/resources/WaU-guide-POS-policy-report-2015.pdf See all +less − Advertising, Retail, Products
Fact Fact Fact Flavored cigs were banned in 2009 because they appealed to kids. Since, the # of “flavored cigars” on the market has more than doubled. Coincidence? 3 Reactions Source: "Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 20 April 2017. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact Over half of young adults who misused prescription opioids got them from a friend or family member. 2 Reactions Source: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2017). 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016. 197 Reactions Source: Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2):e180217. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217 See all +less − Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions
Fact Fact Fact In the U.S., smoking results in 5.4 million years of potential life lost each year. 5 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking." CDC. Respiratory Diseases. 2004. 43, 47. Report. See all +less − Death
Fact Fact Fact Of current smokers in the U.S., 1,273,000 have emphysema from smoking. 2 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table. See all +less − Health Risks
Fact Fact Fact In 2008, 48.8% of people for whom their high school diploma was their highest level of educational attainment who have ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit. 1 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Trends in Smoking Cessation --- United States, 2008." CDC. Atlanta, GA. 58(44). 13 Nov. 2009: 1227-1232. Web. See all +less − Quitting
Fact Fact Fact 69 animal and/or human carcinogens are in tobacco smoke. 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. Bethesda, MD. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001. See all +less − Cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke. 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. Oct. 2001. "Naphthalene in Moth Balls and Toilet Deodorant Cakes." New South Wales Government Department of Health. Jan. 2011. See all +less − Ingredients, Cigarettes