Addictiveness of Cigarettes:
The tobacco industry’s success depends on its ability to get people to try smoking long enough for them to become addicted.
1,200 people lose their lives to tobacco every single day in the U.S. So ,it’s a simple game of math. If the tobacco industry doesn’t replace their lost customers, they lose business.
Fortunately for them; their marketing tactics are strong. 3,800 young people try a cigarette every day and 1,000 young people starting smoking daily each day.
- A cigarette is more than just tobacco rolled in paper.
- The tobacco industry adds nearly 600 chemicals to cigarettes, some of which increase nicotine boost when inhaling.
- There are no restrictions on what the tobacco industry can and can’t put into cigarettes.
Kills When Used as Intended:
- Tobacco products are the only product on the market that kills WHEN USED AND INTENDED.
- The industry had known about the health harms of cigarettes for decades, well before they admitted the fact.
- Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body.
- Tobacco-related disease is the leading cause of preventable disease in the U.S.
Tobacco Kills...
- 1 out of every 3 youth smokers (eventually)
- 1,200 Americans a day.
- Over 400,000 Americans each year and over 5 million worldwide.
- Tobacco is responsible for more deaths a year in the U.S. than AIDS, murder, suicide, fires, car accidents and illegal drugs… COMBINED.
Young People Are The Best Targets:
- 80% of smokers started smoking before the age of 18.
- 3,800 young people try a cigarette in the U.S. each day.
- 1,000 youth become daily smokers each day.
- In 1984, a tobacco company called younger adult smokers "replacement smokers."
- Of high school students who ever smoked daily, 61% percent tried to quit and 12% were successful.
