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Smoking is responsible for the premature deaths of approximately 3 million women since 1980.

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"Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. 30 Aug. 2002. 51: 1-30. Web.

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From 1965-2009, there have been 103,355 tobacco-related infant deaths in the U.S.

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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, 2014. Report.

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Tobacco companies' products kill about 40,000 people every month. That's more lives thrown away than there are public garbage cans in NYC.

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"The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. Surgeon General's Report." 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. "2011 Annual Report DSNY." City of New York Department of Sanitation. New York, N.Y. 2011. Report.

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In 2006, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964.

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Proctor, R.N. "Puffing on Polonium." The New York Times. 01 Dec. 2006. Web. "Polonium-210 In Tobacco Smoke As A Tracer For Particle Deposition And Movement In Human Lungs." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 15 Apr. 1964. "Exposure Of Cigarette Smokers To Polonium-210." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1964. Report. Hager, JH. "Telephone Conversation, R. K. Heimann, This Date." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 09 June 1967. Letter. Pedersen, PM. "Filter Cigarettes For Removing Polonium From The Smoke, Interview With Mr. Nelson Stewart On September 23, 1964." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 25 Sept. 1964. Letter.

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Every day, tobacco-related disease kills about 553 women in the US.

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In the US, cigarettes kill about 54 people an hour.

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Each year, nearly 6 million people around the world die from tobacco products.

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"Tobacco Fact sheet N°339." World Health Organization. 06 July 2015. Web.

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In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

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In 2016, tobacco killed over 7 million people worldwide.

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The Tobacco Atlas. Deaths. https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/deaths/.

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Fact Smoking is responsible for the premature deaths of approximately 3 million women since 1980.

Fact From 1965-2009, there have been 103,355 tobacco-related infant deaths in the U.S.

Fact Tobacco companies' products kill about 40,000 people every month. That's more lives thrown away than there are public garbage cans in NYC.

Fact In 2006, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964.

Fact Every day, tobacco-related disease kills about 553 women in the US.

Fact In the US, cigarettes kill about 54 people an hour.

Fact Each year, nearly 6 million people around the world die from tobacco products.

Fact In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

Fact In 2016, tobacco killed over 7 million people worldwide.

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Smoking is responsible for the premature deaths of approximately 3 million women since 1980.

Fact

From 1965-2009, there have been 103,355 tobacco-related infant deaths in the U.S.

Fact

Tobacco companies' products kill about 40,000 people every month. That's more lives thrown away than there are public garbage cans in NYC.

Fact

In 2006, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964.

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Every day, tobacco-related disease kills about 553 women in the US.

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In the US, cigarettes kill about 54 people an hour.

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Each year, nearly 6 million people around the world die from tobacco products.

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In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

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In 2016, tobacco killed over 7 million people worldwide.