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Did you know...
- The major cigarette companies spend over $41 million per day (that's more than $15 billion per year) to promote their products, and their spending goes up every year. - A lot of that tobacco promotion reaches kids and teens. - Nearly every adult who smokes (almost 90%) started smoking before they were 18 years old. - Over 5 million kids and teens alive today will die early from smoking-related illnesses. Tobacco is a deadly, addictive product.*
> Learn the facts here. The tobacco industry has targeted children and teens with slick advertising messages.
> Learn more here. Tobacco impacts some groups of people more than others.
> Learn about disparities here. Before you write your script or storyboard, do some research, so you can counter the lies and misinformation, and spread the truth!
*We're talking here about commercial tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, spit tobacco, etc.) not about the traditional use of small amounts of tobacco by some Native Americans for religious and ceremonial purposes. |
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