Just The Facts

1. The impact of nicotine is jacked up because tobacco companies add ammonia to cigarettes.
2. Cigarette companies advertised “light” cigarettes as less harmful to the smoker, although they can deliver the same levels of tar and nicotine.
3. A Big Tobacco executive once said, under oath, that he believed Gummi Bears were addictive like cigarettes.
4. In the past, Big Tobacco has compared the addictiveness of cigarettes to M&M’s.
5. In the past, Big Tobacco has compared the addictiveness of cigarettes to that of television.
6. 63% of high school smokers say they want to quit.
7. Nicotine has been found in the breast milk of smokers.
8. Every day, about 3,900 youth ages 12 to 17 try a cigarette for the first time.
9. Every day, about 1,500 youth become daily smokers.One tobacco company secretly developed a strain of tobacco they named "Y1" that contained 50% more nicotine.
10. In the past, Big Tobacco has compared the addictiveness of cigarettes to coffee.

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