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Let's start by telling you what truth is not: truth is not anti-smoker. We love smokers. In fact, we love everybody. truth isn't about passing judgement on people or the choices they make. As far as we're concerned, smoker, non-smoker, non-issue.
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Cigarette smoke contains the radioactive isotope Polonium-210.
In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's thirty-three times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in those two grapes.
In the mid 90's, a major tobacco company planned on boosting sales of their cigarettes by targeting a new consumer market: gays and homeless people. They called their plan Project Sub-Culture Urban Marketing. Also known as Project SCUM.
Tobacco signage is often placed at a child's eye level.
In 1984, one tobacco company referred to new customers as "replacement smokers."
Tobacco companies make a product that kills 440,000 Americans a year.
Every 8 seconds, someone in the world dies from tobacco.
The impact of nicotine is jacked up because tobacco companies add ammonia.
In the US, smoking causes about 445 new cases of lung cancer every day.
Tobacco kills more Americans than AIDS, drugs, homicides, fires, and auto accidents combined.
Cigarette smoke contains benzene, carbon monoxide, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide and polonium 210.
About 1 out of every 5 deaths in the US can be attributed to tobacco products.
Every eight seconds, someone in the world dies due to tobacco.
In 1990, a tobacco company put together a plan to stop Coroners from listing tobacco as a cause of death on a death certificate.
Cigarette smoke contains 69 chemical compounds that are known cause cancer.
1 out of 3 smokers are estimated to eventually die from a tobacco-related disease.