Project:1200: Big Tobacco and LGBT Community

Members of the LGBT community have higher rates of stress, depression, along with above-average tobacco use and substance abuse.

Roughly 40% of the LGBT community smokes - almost 200% higher than the general population.

In a recent national study on adolescent health, 45% of females and 35% of males who reported same-sex attraction or behavior smoked; compared to only 29% for the rest of the youth.

The American Cancer Society estimates that over 30,000 LGBT people die each year of tobacco related diseases.

Emphasis on bars and restaurants as social opportunities for LGBT people
create added exposure to secondhand smoke.

facts gathered from lgbttobacco.org

Project:SCUM is a marketing scheme proposed by R.J. Reynolds to sell cigarettes to members of the "alternative life style."

SCUM: Sub-Culture Urban Marketing

Read a san fransisco newspaper article about the industries project HERE.

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No one is safe from being Big Tobacco's target. They are out to get anyone and everyone they can. And as we can see, they think very highly of you....

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other links:http://www.lgbttobacco.org/

http://www.gaysmokeout.net/resource7.html

.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