Cigarettes

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One study found that half of people who try cigarettes in college still smoke 4 years later.

Wetter, David W., et al. "Prevalence and Predictors of Transitions in Smoking Behavior Among College Students." American Psychological Association. 2004. 23(2): 168–177. Article.

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Over 99% of convenience stores in the U.S. sell cigarettes. 99.6% sell other tobacco products. And 92% have tobacco ads on display. That's a lot of 9's to say: convenience stores sure seem to be crazy about cigarettes.

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1. Cigarettes Generate Big Revenue for Convenience Stores: Analysis of 2013 State of the Industry Report. The Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing http://center4tobaccopolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Cigarettes-Generate-Big-Revenue-September-2013.pdf
2. Feighery, E. C., Ribisl, K. M., Schleicher, N. C., & Clark, P. I. (2004). Retailer participation in cigarette company incentive programs is related to increased levels of cigarette advertising and cheaper cigarette prices in stores. Prev Med, 38(6), 876-884.

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Retail, Products, Cigarettes

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Over 99% of convenience stores in the U.S. sell cigarettes. And 70% of teens visit a convenience store at least once a week. Convenient, indeed.

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U.S. DEPT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL, PREVENTING TOBACCO USE AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS: A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL 12 (2012) http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/
sgr/2012/consumer_booklet/pdfs/consumer.pdf

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Retail, Cigarettes

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A study showed that 11-14 year olds who visited convenience stores at least twice a week were more than twice as likely to begin smoking as those who rarely visited those stores.

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Lisa Henriksen, Nina Schleicher, Ellen Feighery, and Stephen Fortmann, A Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Retail Cigarette Advertising and Smoking Initiation, 126 PEDIATRICS 232, 232 (2010);

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Retail, Cigarettes

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Studies show that there is a positive connection between tobacco promotions and the people who see them's susceptibility to smoking.

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Paynter J, Edwards R. The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: a systematic review. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009;11:25–35.

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Advertising, Cigarettes

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African Americans are less likely to successfully quit smoking than white Americans.

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Quitting Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2001--2010 ; Center for Disease Control and Prevention ; November 11, 2011

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Cigarettes, Quitting

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African Americans are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than white Americans.

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African Americans and Tobacco Use: Smoking & Tobacco Use ; Center for Disease Control and Prevention ; August 17, 2016

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Disease, Profiling, Cigarettes

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In the US, 36,000 people die each year from cancers other than lung caused by smoking.

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"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.

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Cancer, Death, Cigarettes

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After recognizing the “decline of smoking” as an “upscale and mainstream” behavior,” Big Tobacco planned to target “a population that is increasingly blue collar, ethnic, and less educated.”

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Journal of Public Health, Volume 32, Issue 2, 1 June 2010, Pages 210–218,

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Advertising, Cigarettes

Cigarettes

Fact One study found that half of people who try cigarettes in college still smoke 4 years later.

Fact Over 99% of convenience stores in the U.S. sell cigarettes. 99.6% sell other tobacco products. And 92% have tobacco ads on display. That's a lot of 9's to say: convenience stores sure seem to be crazy about cigarettes.

Fact Over 99% of convenience stores in the U.S. sell cigarettes. And 70% of teens visit a convenience store at least once a week. Convenient, indeed.

Fact A study showed that 11-14 year olds who visited convenience stores at least twice a week were more than twice as likely to begin smoking as those who rarely visited those stores.

Fact Studies show that there is a positive connection between tobacco promotions and the people who see them's susceptibility to smoking.

Fact African Americans are less likely to successfully quit smoking than white Americans.

Fact African Americans are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than white Americans.

Fact In the US, 36,000 people die each year from cancers other than lung caused by smoking.

Fact After recognizing the “decline of smoking” as an “upscale and mainstream” behavior,” Big Tobacco planned to target “a population that is increasingly blue collar, ethnic, and less educated.”

Fact

One study found that half of people who try cigarettes in college still smoke 4 years later.

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Over 99% of convenience stores in the U.S. sell cigarettes. 99.6% sell other tobacco products. And 92% have tobacco ads on display. That's a lot of 9's to say: convenience stores sure seem to be crazy about cigarettes.

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Over 99% of convenience stores in the U.S. sell cigarettes. And 70% of teens visit a convenience store at least once a week. Convenient, indeed.

Fact

A study showed that 11-14 year olds who visited convenience stores at least twice a week were more than twice as likely to begin smoking as those who rarely visited those stores.

Fact

Studies show that there is a positive connection between tobacco promotions and the people who see them's susceptibility to smoking.

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African Americans are less likely to successfully quit smoking than white Americans.

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African Americans are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than white Americans.

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In the US, 36,000 people die each year from cancers other than lung caused by smoking.

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After recognizing the “decline of smoking” as an “upscale and mainstream” behavior,” Big Tobacco planned to target “a population that is increasingly blue collar, ethnic, and less educated.”