Fact Fact Fact Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth. 149 Reactions Source: "Top 10 Items Found." Ocean Conservancy. Web. See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco. 3 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 An estimated 1.69 BILLION pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year. 2 Reactions Source: "Cigarette Butts Are Toxic Waste." California Department of Public Health. 2015. Web. See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact Nicotine has been found in the breast milk of animals exposed to tobacco. 10 Reactions Source: "The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. Reproductive Effects. 564. Report. See all +less − Environment, Ingredients, Pets
Fact Fact Fact Toxins seep out of cigarette butts, which contaminate water. 1 Reactions Source: Barnes, Richard L. “Regulating the Disposal of Cigarette Butts as Toxic Hazardous Waste.” Tobacco Control 20.Suppl_1 (2011): i45–i48. PMC. Web. 22 Mar. 2017. See all +less − Environment, Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact African-Americans are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than whites, even though they smoke fewer cigarettes and make more quit attempts. 7 Reactions Source: "African Americans and Tobacco Use." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 01 Mar. 2017. See all +less − Environment, Death, Pop Culture
Fact Fact Fact Stores near high schools with higher African American enrollment had more menthol cigarette advertisements and cheaper Newport cigarettes than stores near high schools with higher white enrollment. 3 Reactions Source: Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 Jan;14(1):116-21. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr122. Epub 2011 Jun 24. See all +less − Environment, Flavors/Menthol, Cost
Fact Fact Fact In the past, a tobacco company planned to boost cigarette sales by targeting the gay community. They even called their plan Project SCUM. 5 Reactions Source: Unknown. PROJECT SCUM.. 1995 December 12. RJ Reynolds Records. Unknown See all +less − Environment, Profiling
Fact Fact Fact 1 in 4 LGBTQ individuals smoke. 2 Reactions Source: "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons and Tobacco Use." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 28 Feb. 2017. See all +less − Environment