• In 1997, a Big Tobacco executive said under oath that he believed Gummy Bears were addictive like cigarettes¹.

• As of 2006, tobacco was still depicted in three-quarters of youth rated movies¹.

• Sodium hydroxide is a caustic compound found in hair removal products. It’s also found in cigarettes¹.

• Hydrogen cyanide has been used in prison executions. It’s also found in cigarette smoke¹.

• One tobacco company biologically engineered tobacco plants that have twice their normal level of nicotine¹.

• Secondhand smoke kills 53,000 nonsmokers in the U.S. each year².

• Being in a smoky bar for only two hours is the same as smoking four cigarettes³.

• Cigarette smoke contains 63 chemical compounds known to cause cancer⁴.

• To market its deadly product, the tobacco industry spends about $414,000 a day in Iowa⁵.

• Studies have found that 60 to 78 percent of spit tobacco users have oral lesions⁵.

• Constant exposure to tobacco juice causes cancer of the esophagus, pharynx, larynx, stomach and pancreas⁵.

• One tobacco company, the Liggett Group, Inc., has admitted that the entire tobacco industry conspired to market cigarettes to children².

1 - Truth, www.whudafxup.com
2 - CDC, www.cdc.gov
3 - University of California, School of Public Health
4 - American cancer society; www.cancer.org
5 - Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, www.tobaccofreekids.org