Project:1200: Big Tobacco and Animals

for years, Big Tobacco has funded pointless experiments on all kinds of animals.

these experiments include:

Cutting holes in beagles' throats through which the dogs are forced to breathe concentrated cigarette smoke for a year.

Inserting electrodes into dogs' penises to measure the effect of cigarette smoke on sexual performance.

Strapping masks to the faces of rats and monkeys and permanently restraining them to force them to breathe cigarette smoke constantly.

Forcing dogs to be on mechanical ventilators and chronically exposed to cigarette smoke.
Restraining Rhesus monkeys in chairs with head devices and exposing them to nicotine and caffeine to determine how caffeine and nicotine affect breathing.

or what about this:

For five years, pregnant monkeys at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center (ORPRC) were kept in small, barren metal cages, their fetuses exposed to nicotine. Funded by the U.S. government, ORPRC experimenter Eliot Spindel acknowledged that "the deleterious effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy are all too well established." Part of this study involved killing the baby monkeys to dissect their lungs. All of which, was paid for with tax money.

for more information, check out smokinganimals.com,

and

http://www.covancecruelty.com/feat-tobacco.asp

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.tobacco.facts.

Tobacco kills over 1,200 people EVERY DAY.
since 1964, there have been over 94,000 tobacco-related fetal and infant deaths in the U.S.
one drop of pure nicotine injected directly into the blood stream will kill you in 7 seconds.
Tobacco kills more people than AIDS, suicides, murders, car crashes, illegal drugs, and fires... COMBINED.
in just one year, cigarettes leave 31,000 kids fatherless, and 12,000 kids motherless.
Last year, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964.
Urea is found in cigarettes. Urea is also found in Pee.
Geraniol is found in cigarettes. Geraniol is also found in pesticides.
Hydrogen Cyanide is found in cigarette smoke. Hydrogen Cyanide is also used in rat poison and prison executions.
In 1984, a tobacco company called younger adult smokers " replacement smokers."
In 1971, when one tobacco executive was reminded that smoking can lead to underweight babies, he said, " some women would prefer smaller babies. "
one tobacco company proposed reaching its target consumer from ice cream trucks
Nicotine has been found in breast milk of smokers.
each year, only about 5% of smokers succeed in quitting long-term.
in the U.S., 30,000 to 60,000 people die every year from second hand smoke
there are over 43 carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals) in cigarette smoke
over 2,300 babies die from SIDS due to second hand smoke a year
EVERY DAY the tobacco industry spends nearly $36 million on advertising and promotions in the U.S.
every 6.5 seconds someone in the world dies from a smoking-related disease.
if current trends continue, there will be 1 BILLION tobacco deaths worldwide in the 21st century
Tobacco kills over 20 more people than murder.
since 1987, lung cancer has been the leading cancer killer among women, surpassing breast cancer
about 90% of all lung cancer deaths among U.S. women smokers are caused by smoking.
over 5 million people worldwide die from tobacco a year