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 261 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact As part of a 1982 tobacco company's report on how to "get a foothold in the young black menthol market," they said they'd need a brand "with a short, easily pronounced name." 2 Reactions Source: Johnston, Myron. "Newport Smokers." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 18 Nov. 1982. Memo. "Myron E. Johnston." SourceWatch. 11 Sept. 2008. Web. "Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Washington, DC. 14 May 2001. Web. See all +less − Marketing Fact Fact Fact The CEO of a top e-cig brand said other e-cig manufacturers used flavorings "to attract children." Fast-forward ten months and that same CEO was introducing "Butter Crumble" and berry flavors, saying, "flavor is essential to vapors' satisfaction." How old are those vapors? 3 Reactions Source: Richtel, Matt. “E-Cigarette Makers Are in an Arms Race for Exotic Vapor Flavors.” The New York Times. 15 June 2014. Web. See all +less − Marketing Fact Fact Fact Fish can be unintentionally killed if their owner smokes. Gulp. 2 Reactions Source: Axelrod, Herbert R. et al. Dr. Axelrod’s Mini-Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fish. 1987 p. 827. See all +less − Pets Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco once said people “entering stressful situations, e.g., starting a new job or entering the military” often start to smoke or smoke more. They targeted their products to the US military. 12 Reactions Source: PM, PHILIP MORRIS,DUNN,WL JR,SCHORI,TR. SMOKING BEHAVIOR AND STRESS. 1971 November. Philip Morris Records. See all +less − Fact Fact Fact A recent study showed that low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods. Reactions Source: Heather D’Angelo, PhD, Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, Laura Linnan, ScD, Leslie Lytle, PhD, and Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD. Sociodemographic Disparities in Proximity of Schools to Tobacco Outlets and Fast-Food Restaurants. AJPH ; September 2016, Vol 106, No. 9 See all +less − Profiling, Retail, Tobacco Sales Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco grew genetically engineered tobacco plants with 2X the natural levels of nicotine. 1 Reactions Source: Lewan T. Dark secrets of tobacco company exposed, 1998 See all +less − Environment, Cigarettes Fact Fact Fact Heroin-related overdose deaths increased 5x from 2010 to 2017. 2 Reactions Source: Scholl L, Seth P, Kariisa M, Wilson N, Baldwin G. Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;67:1419–1427. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm675152e1. See all +less − Epidemic, Heroin, Overdose Fact Fact Fact 599 additives are on the composite list released to the government in 1994 by tobacco companies of what may be added to cigarettes. This list includes all ingredients that are used although it does not tell which companies they are used by or which brands they are used in. 2-Naphthylamine, 4-Aminobiphenyl, Benzene, Vinyl Chloride, Ethylene Oxide, Arsenic, Beryllium, Nickel, Chromium (only hexavalent), Cadmium, and Polonium-210 are human carcinogens found in tobacco smoke. 10 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: 176-80. See all +less − Ingredients Fact Fact Fact In 2006, U.S. consumers spent an estimated $90.7 million on tobacco products. 19 Reactions Source: Capehart, Tom. "Briefing Rooms: Tobacco." United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. 16 May 2007. Web. See all +less − Tobacco Sales Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page25 Page26 Page27 Page28 Current page29 Page30 Page31 Page32 Page33 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact As part of a 1982 tobacco company's report on how to "get a foothold in the young black menthol market," they said they'd need a brand "with a short, easily pronounced name." 2 Reactions Source: Johnston, Myron. "Newport Smokers." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 18 Nov. 1982. Memo. "Myron E. Johnston." SourceWatch. 11 Sept. 2008. Web. "Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids." Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Washington, DC. 14 May 2001. Web. See all +less − Marketing
Fact Fact Fact The CEO of a top e-cig brand said other e-cig manufacturers used flavorings "to attract children." Fast-forward ten months and that same CEO was introducing "Butter Crumble" and berry flavors, saying, "flavor is essential to vapors' satisfaction." How old are those vapors? 3 Reactions Source: Richtel, Matt. “E-Cigarette Makers Are in an Arms Race for Exotic Vapor Flavors.” The New York Times. 15 June 2014. Web. See all +less − Marketing
Fact Fact Fact Fish can be unintentionally killed if their owner smokes. Gulp. 2 Reactions Source: Axelrod, Herbert R. et al. Dr. Axelrod’s Mini-Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fish. 1987 p. 827. See all +less − Pets
Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco once said people “entering stressful situations, e.g., starting a new job or entering the military” often start to smoke or smoke more. They targeted their products to the US military. 12 Reactions Source: PM, PHILIP MORRIS,DUNN,WL JR,SCHORI,TR. SMOKING BEHAVIOR AND STRESS. 1971 November. Philip Morris Records. See all +less −
Fact Fact Fact A recent study showed that low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods. Reactions Source: Heather D’Angelo, PhD, Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, Laura Linnan, ScD, Leslie Lytle, PhD, and Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD. Sociodemographic Disparities in Proximity of Schools to Tobacco Outlets and Fast-Food Restaurants. AJPH ; September 2016, Vol 106, No. 9 See all +less − Profiling, Retail, Tobacco Sales
Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco grew genetically engineered tobacco plants with 2X the natural levels of nicotine. 1 Reactions Source: Lewan T. Dark secrets of tobacco company exposed, 1998 See all +less − Environment, Cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact Heroin-related overdose deaths increased 5x from 2010 to 2017. 2 Reactions Source: Scholl L, Seth P, Kariisa M, Wilson N, Baldwin G. Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;67:1419–1427. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm675152e1. See all +less − Epidemic, Heroin, Overdose
Fact Fact Fact 599 additives are on the composite list released to the government in 1994 by tobacco companies of what may be added to cigarettes. This list includes all ingredients that are used although it does not tell which companies they are used by or which brands they are used in. 2-Naphthylamine, 4-Aminobiphenyl, Benzene, Vinyl Chloride, Ethylene Oxide, Arsenic, Beryllium, Nickel, Chromium (only hexavalent), Cadmium, and Polonium-210 are human carcinogens found in tobacco smoke. 10 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: 176-80. See all +less − Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact In 2006, U.S. consumers spent an estimated $90.7 million on tobacco products. 19 Reactions Source: Capehart, Tom. "Briefing Rooms: Tobacco." United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. 16 May 2007. Web. See all +less − Tobacco Sales