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 270 of 549 results. Fact Fact 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. 1 Reactions Source: 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. See all +less − Death, Ingredients Fact Fact Fact Revenues from smokeless tobacco sales totaled $4.20 billion in 2017. 2 Reactions Source: Federal Trade Commission. Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2017. Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2017-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco. Published February, 2019. See all +less − Tobacco Sales Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco's products kill 1,300 smokers every day. 2 Reactions Source: "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. See all +less − Death Fact Fact Fact Tobacco farmers are starting to grow chickpeas because of the increase in hummus sales. Support Big Hummus! 2 Reactions Source: "Could Hummus Put an End to Smoking?" Haaretz. 26 Nov. 2014. Web. See all +less − Environment Fact Fact Fact The average pack-a-day smoker spends $2,307 per year on cigarettes. 4 Reactions Source: "State Excise and Sales Taxes Per Pack of Cigarettes Total Amounts & State Rankings" Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 12 January 2018. See all +less − Cost Fact Fact Fact Low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods 24 Reactions Source: DâAngelo, Heather, Alice Ammerman, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Laura Linnan, Leslie Lytle, and Kurt M. Ribisl. "Sociodemographic Disparities in Proximity of Schools to Tobacco Outlets and Fast-Food Restaurants." American Journal of Public Health 106.9 (2016): 1556-562. See all +less − Advertising Fact Fact Fact Cigarette companies spend almost ALL their marketing budget on discounting cigarettes. 2 Reactions Source: "Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Report of 2014." Federal Trade Commission, 2016. See all +less − Advertising, Cost Fact Fact Fact Opioid painkillers like Vicodin® and OxyContin® are chemically similar to heroin. 244 Reactions Source: NIDA. Opioids. National Institute on Drug Abuse website. https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids. . Accessed May 11, 2018. See all +less − Heroin, Painkillers Fact Fact Fact Taking opioids after wisdom teeth removal increases the odds of long term use. 2 Reactions Source: Harbaugh CM, Nalliah RP, Hu HM, Englesbe MJ, Waljee JF, Brummett CM. Persistent Opioid Use After Wisdom Tooth Extraction. JAMA. 2018;320(5):504–506. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.9023 See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers, Prescriptions Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page26 Page27 Page28 Page29 Current page30 Page31 Page32 Page33 Page34 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact 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. 1 Reactions Source: 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. See all +less − Death, Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact Revenues from smokeless tobacco sales totaled $4.20 billion in 2017. 2 Reactions Source: Federal Trade Commission. Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2017. Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2017-federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco. Published February, 2019. See all +less − Tobacco Sales
Fact Fact Fact Big Tobacco's products kill 1,300 smokers every day. 2 Reactions Source: "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. See all +less − Death
Fact Fact Fact Tobacco farmers are starting to grow chickpeas because of the increase in hummus sales. Support Big Hummus! 2 Reactions Source: "Could Hummus Put an End to Smoking?" Haaretz. 26 Nov. 2014. Web. See all +less − Environment
Fact Fact Fact The average pack-a-day smoker spends $2,307 per year on cigarettes. 4 Reactions Source: "State Excise and Sales Taxes Per Pack of Cigarettes Total Amounts & State Rankings" Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 12 January 2018. See all +less − Cost
Fact Fact Fact Low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have tobacco retailers near schools than other neighborhoods 24 Reactions Source: DâAngelo, Heather, Alice Ammerman, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Laura Linnan, Leslie Lytle, and Kurt M. Ribisl. "Sociodemographic Disparities in Proximity of Schools to Tobacco Outlets and Fast-Food Restaurants." American Journal of Public Health 106.9 (2016): 1556-562. See all +less − Advertising
Fact Fact Fact Cigarette companies spend almost ALL their marketing budget on discounting cigarettes. 2 Reactions Source: "Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Report of 2014." Federal Trade Commission, 2016. See all +less − Advertising, Cost
Fact Fact Fact Opioid painkillers like Vicodin® and OxyContin® are chemically similar to heroin. 244 Reactions Source: NIDA. Opioids. National Institute on Drug Abuse website. https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids. . Accessed May 11, 2018. See all +less − Heroin, Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact Taking opioids after wisdom teeth removal increases the odds of long term use. 2 Reactions Source: Harbaugh CM, Nalliah RP, Hu HM, Englesbe MJ, Waljee JF, Brummett CM. Persistent Opioid Use After Wisdom Tooth Extraction. JAMA. 2018;320(5):504–506. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.9023 See all +less − Addiction, Painkillers, Prescriptions