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Tobacco Industry
This section provides everything you need to shine a light on how Big Tobacco is causing a public health crisis.
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Cigarette butts are non-biodegradable and toxic. They can leach poisonous chemicals into water and soil for years.
Tobacco Harms Our Environment
Visit PostSan Francisco is stopping Big Tobacco from targeting children by prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.
San Francisco Voted to Stop the Sale of All Flavored Tobacco Products
Visit PostTobacco not only negatively impacts one’s health, it also harms the environment. Did you know that the production of 300 cigarettes uses one whole tree?
Big Tobacco Causes ‘Massive Harm’ to the Environment
Visit PostTobacco not only negatively impacts one’s health, it also harms the environment. Did you know that the production of 300 cigarettes uses one whole tree?
Study Reveals The High Environmental Cost of Tobacco
Visit PostIn Indonesia, kids are getting hooked on tobacco. Cigarettes are cheap and easy to access, making it within reach of children.
In Indonesia, Kids as Young as 2 Years Old Are Hooked on Cigarettes
Visit Post81% of kids who use tobacco started with a flavored product. Act now by telling Congress to protect kids from these products.
Tell Congress to Protect Kids From Flavored Tobacco
Visit PostHow does Big Tobacco get kids hooked? Big Tobacco hooks kids with flavored tobacco products.
Younger Tobacco Users Are More Likely to Use Flavored Products
Visit PostBanning menthol makes tobacco less attractive to youth–that’s why Canada is doing it.
Canada Has the Right Idea When It Comes to Banning Menthol
Visit Post81 percent of kids who have ever used tobacco products started with a flavored product.
Big Tobacco Lures Kids With Over 1,000 Sweet Flavors
Visit PostTobacco products should not look like candy, period. When kids can’t tell the difference, it is very clear who Big Tobacco is targeting.
Can You Tell the Difference?
Visit PostBig Tobacco targets women. The number of females who smoke is predicted to double between 2005 and 2025.
The Tobacco Industry Is Targeting Women
Visit PostBig Tobacco has many tricks up their sleeves to make tobacco more addictive.
9 Ways Big Tobacco Makes Cigarettes More Addictive
Visit PostBig Tobacco spends $18 to market its deadly products for every $1 spent on prevention.
Big Tobacco Spends Big Money on Marketing
Visit PostAs Big Tobacco targets low-income countries, Nigerians have increased their demand for stronger tobacco control regulations.
Nigeria Fights For Tobacco Control Regulations
Visit PostDid you know that in the ‘50s and ‘60s, tobacco companies bought and sponsored their own TV programs?
Scary History of Deceptive Tobacco Marketing
Visit PostBig Tobacco knows that to stay in business, they need our kids as “replacement customers.”
Replacement Customers
Visit PostThe younger a smoker is when they start, the more likely they are to become addicted.
The Younger You Start The More Addicted You Will Become
Visit PostBig Tobacco targets children through marketing, advertising, and promotion.
Big Tobacco’s Tiny Targets
Visit PostThis Economist article exposes how the Tobacco Industry is targeting African countries.
African Youth Increasingly Targeted by Tobacco Industry
Visit PostSome tobacco farms in Indonesian employee children.
Child Labour in Indonesia’s Tobacco Industry
Visit PostCalifornia joins Hawaii as the second state to increase tobacco sales age to 21.
California Is the Second State to Increase Tobacco Sales Age to 21
Visit PostYou must be 21 years old to purchase tobacco products in California.
California’s Minimum Age To Purchase Tobacco Products Is Now 21
Visit PostThe FDA needs to take action on American Spirit’s misleading cigarette packaging.
How Tobacco Packaging Is Misleading
Visit PostShop keepers in Bengaluru continue to sell tobacco to minors.
Cigarettes Still Being Sold Near Schools and to Minors in India
Visit PostBig Tobacco regularly contests the science of smoking.
Big Tobacco: Contesting the Science of Smoking
Visit PostFive new legislative bills that restrict the use of tobacco and e-cigarettes.
California Takes On Big Tobacco
Visit PostMany children are employed illegally by the tobacco industry.
Many Children Are Employed in the Tobacco Fields of Tanzania
Visit Post4.5 trillion cigarette butts are dropped yearly.
Cigarette Butts Are the Most Littered Item in the World
Visit PostCigarette production kills about 377,000 football fields worth of trees every year.
Save a Tree By Quitting Smoking
Visit PostCigarette butts create 1.69 billion pounds of toxic trash every year.
Tobacco Destroys the Earth
Visit PostAlong with the pesticides it takes to grow tobacco, cigarette production also uses a lot of trees.
600 Million Trees Are Cut Down Yearly for Big Tobacco Products
Visit PostBig Tobacco uses a few million pounds of pesticides a year.
Big Tobacco Uses a Lot of Pesticides
Visit PostSmoking releases about 2.6 billion kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere a year.
Smoking is Bad for the Environment
Visit PostCigarette butts are the most littered item on beaches.
Please Keep Your Butts Off the Beach
Visit PostThe age to purchase cigarettes and tobacco products in Chicago is now 21 instead of 18.
Age to Buy Tobacco Products Increased to 21 in Chicago
Visit PostGraphic warning labels on cigarette packs in the Philippines.
New Cigarette Packs With Graphic Warning Labels Spotted
Visit PostInternational Women’s Day is a great reminder of how the tobacco industry targets women.
José Castro Highlights How the Tobacco Industry Targets Women
Visit Post1.69 billion pounds of cigarette butts end up as waste each year.
Fact: 1.69 Billion Pounds of Cigarette Butts End Up as Waste a Year
Visit PostThe California Assembly approves raising the smoking age to 21.
Breaking News: California Assembly Approves Raising Smoking Age to 21
Visit PostExposure to smoking in movies will lead to 6.4M U.S. children becoming smokers.
Smoking in the Movies
Visit PostDemand that PTI be kicked out of the Inter-Agency Committee on Tobacco Control.
Kick PTI Out of the Inter-Agency Committee on Tobacco Control Ad
Visit PostA U.S. court dealt a blow to Big Tobacco in the battle over regulating menthol cigarettes.
Big Tobacco Dealt Major Defeat in Court
Visit PostCampaign for Tobacco-Free Kids president, Matt Myers, discusses how Big Tobacco is targeting poor countries in Africa.
Big Tobacco Targets Poor Countries
Visit PostHold BAT accountable for using bribery to corrupt tobacco control laws in Africa.
Make British American Tobacco Pay Petition
Visit PostBritish American Tobacco bribed government officials in African countries.