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A major tobacco company visited a Pride festival to hand out coupons for cigarettes priced at $1 per pack. That’s five cents a smoke.

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"Newport's Pleasure Lounge Aims to Ignite Cigarette Sales." The Wall Street Journal; 13 Sept 2016.

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Big Tobacco gave free cigarettes to psychiatric facilities.

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Prochaska, J. J., Hall, S. M., & Bero, L. A. (2008). Tobacco Use Among Individuals With Schizophrenia: What Role Has the Tobacco Industry Played? Schizophrenia Bulletin, 34(3), 555–567. http://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbm117 LOG OF ALL SAMPLE 4'S DISTRIBUTED TO LORILLARD EMPLOYEES. 1983 February 22. Lorillard Records. Unknown

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Big tobacco targeted people with mental health issues.

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Preparation of a Scientific American Article in How Nicotine Works in the Human Brain April 9,1993 / RJR, Smith CJR
Thank you note addressed to RJ Reynolds: “Thank you for your generous contribution…”March 4, 1985 / RJR
Request letter addressed to RJ Reynolds: Operation Santa Claus October 4, 1984 / RJR
Itemized list of all samples distributed by Lorillard employees February 22, 1983 / Lorillard Records The National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report March 20, 2013 / SAMHSA
Tobacco: US Domestic Tobacco Primer, 2017 Edition March 22, 2017 / Bank of America, Merrill Lynch
Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders June, 2016 / CDC
Understanding Excess Mortality in Persons with Mental Illness June, 2011 / Medical Care. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EEuLGQRomzb2Y5TE5aVS1HWFU/view?usp=sharing
Vital Signs: Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults Aged > 18 Years with Mental Illness – United States, 2009-2011 February 8, 2013 / CDC

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According to a Newport planning document, in the past Big Tobacco has said “there isn’t a market in the country that has the sales potential for Newport like the military market”, adding “the plums are here to be plucked”.

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Newport Planning Memo, Jan 1983

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According to a U.S. Department of Defense memo, 38% of military smokers start after enlisting.

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Odani S, Agaku IT, Graffunder CM, Tynan MA, Armour BS. Tobacco Product Use Among Military Veterans — United States, 2010–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 12 Jan 2018;67:7–12.

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In the past, A major tobacco company saw the military as an attractive marketing opportunity because of its young adult servicemen that they describe as “classic downscale smoker,” “less educated,” “part of the wrong crowd,” “in trouble with authorities,” and having “limited job prospects.”

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Military YAS Initiative, RJR, 1989 https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=xjfj0103

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Big Tobacco's products affect the readiness and performance of the military.

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Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations, 2009

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Big Tobacco targeted people in the U.S. military.

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Tobacco Promotion to Military Personnel: “The Plums Are Here to Be Plucked.”
RJR,THERIANOS M. CAMEL NOTES NORTHEAST EXCHANGE INITIATIVE PROGRAM OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1990 (901000) (901100).. 1990 November. RJ Reynolds Records. JOHNSON, LD/X. 860000 KOOL SUPER NIGHTS CONCERTS - DETAILED LETTER. 1986 February 24. Brown & Williamson Records. LOR, LORILLARD,TELFORD,GR. NEWPORT PLANNING. 1983 January 26. Lorillard Records. LOR, LORILLARD,WAHL,HM. NEWPORT - SAN DIEGO MILITARY PROMOTIONS. 1983 August 26. Lorillard Records. MARLBORO 90000 PLANNING. 1990. Philip Morris Records

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Big Tobacco makes $37B a year selling cigarettes to people with mental health issues. *

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* Calculation based off of WSJ (April 2017) article. Wall Street Journal ; Against All Odds, the U.S. Tobacco Industry is Rolling in Money

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Fact A major tobacco company visited a Pride festival to hand out coupons for cigarettes priced at $1 per pack. That’s five cents a smoke.

Fact Big Tobacco gave free cigarettes to psychiatric facilities.

Fact Big tobacco targeted people with mental health issues.

Fact According to a Newport planning document, in the past Big Tobacco has said “there isn’t a market in the country that has the sales potential for Newport like the military market”, adding “the plums are here to be plucked”.

Fact According to a U.S. Department of Defense memo, 38% of military smokers start after enlisting.

Fact Big Tobacco's products affect the readiness and performance of the military.

Fact Big Tobacco targeted people in the U.S. military.

Fact Big Tobacco makes $37B a year selling cigarettes to people with mental health issues. *

Fact

A major tobacco company visited a Pride festival to hand out coupons for cigarettes priced at $1 per pack. That’s five cents a smoke.

Fact

Big Tobacco gave free cigarettes to psychiatric facilities.

Fact

Big tobacco targeted people with mental health issues.

Fact

According to a Newport planning document, in the past Big Tobacco has said “there isn’t a market in the country that has the sales potential for Newport like the military market”, adding “the plums are here to be plucked”.

Fact

According to a U.S. Department of Defense memo, 38% of military smokers start after enlisting.

Fact

Big Tobacco's products affect the readiness and performance of the military.

Fact

Big Tobacco targeted people in the U.S. military.

Fact

Big Tobacco makes $37B a year selling cigarettes to people with mental health issues. *