Tobacco Education & Prevention

The tobacco industry’s body count

We have known for over 70 years that the tobacco industry’s products cause devastating amounts of death and disease to all of us – whether we use their products or not.1 We have known for nearly 30 years that the tobacco industry lied to us about how addictive and deadly their products are.2 And yet, they are still here putting us all in danger. A toddler gasps for air during an asthma attack caused by drifting cigarette smoke. A teen is hospitalized for chest pain and shortness of breath from vaping. A family buries their loved one who died of lung cancer. All because of an industry that produces deadly products that hurt us all and hasn’t been held accountable.

 

The tobacco industry kills 110 Californians each day.3 And for every 1 death, 30 more people suffer from a disease that this industry caused – diseases that rob Californians of their parents, siblings, neighbors, friends, and their own lives.4

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Tobacco and nicotine are not the same thing. Tobacco is a plant that can be used to create different types of commercial tobacco products, such as cigarettes and cigars.  Commercial tobacco contains harmful chemicals that can cause several diseases, including cancer. Nicotine is a chemical found in tobacco plants, and it can also be made in a laboratory. Nicotine is the addictive chemical found in all tobacco products that can hook users, causing cravings and other symptoms like headaches. 

 

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  1. Proctor RN. The history of the discovery of the cigarette-lung cancer link: evidentiary traditions, corporate denial, global toll [published correction appears in Tob Control. 2013 Jan;22(1):62]. Tob Control. 2012;21(2):87-91. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050338
  2. https://truthinitiative.org/research-resources/tobacco-prevention-efforts/5-ways-tobacco-companies-lied-about-dangers-smoking
  3. https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/problem/toll-us/california

https://archive.cdc.gov/#/details?url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/diseases-and-death.html