Year: 2022

HISTORIC PUBLIC HEALTH CATASTROPHY. "The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that tobacco caused ... 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century." Compared to the Spanish Flu (50-100 million dead), the Black Death (20 million dead), and Smallpox (300 million dead), this is the largest public health catastrophe in recent history. " http://lnkd.in/dRNWjzP View in LinkedIn

1 BILLION TOBACCO DEATHS IN 20TH CENTURY. "1.3 billion smokers worldwide in 2003, and that number is expected to increase to 1.7 billion by 2020." Of 7.1 billion population in 2020, this is one in five humans smoking. (Peto R, Lopez AD. Future worldwide health effects of current smoking patterns." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2040350/ View in LinkedIn

1 BILLION TOBACCO DEATHS IN 20TH CENTURY. "1.3 billion smokers worldwide in 2003, and that number is expected to increase to 1.7 billion by 2020." Of 7.1 billion population in 2020, this is one in five humans smoking." http://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. "Cigarettes are the only consumer product which when used as intended will kill half of its long term customers ... One billion deaths and nearly 80% of those deaths will take place in the developing world. That's were Big Tobacco is headed in an effort to make up for lost revenue in the US and Europe." http://lnkd.in/du4TJ3X View in LinkedIn

SECRET TOBACCO DOCUMENT ARCHIVE. A rich source of documents from tobacco companies recovered largely under litigation. http://archive.tobacco.org/Documents/secretdocuments.html View in LinkedIn

TOLL OF SMOKING. "Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders and suicide COMBINED, " not including second hand smoke deaths. http://lnkd.in/dV8_hNG View in LinkedIn

TWARTED YOUTH. "Of all the kids who become new smokers each year, almost one third will ultimately die of it. In addition, smokers lose more than a decade of life because of their smoking." http://lnkd.in/dV8_hNG View in LinkedIn

ENDING THE TOBACCO HOLOCAUST, by Dr Michael Rabinoff. For an industry that only took off up between the world wars, the toll has been staggering. History will be harsh on this period of human development. http://lnkd.in/dr2qb2W View in LinkedIn

ALMOST HALF SMOKERS ARE MENTALLY ILL. "Since 44.3 percent of cigarettes consumed in our country are smoked by people with mental illness, this issue truly does come into my office every day. I am often emotionally affected by it, and I do feel for the pain in my patient’s lives caused by smoking." (Dr Michael Rabinoff). http://lnkd.in/dVdWepq View in LinkedIn

ADDICTION AMOUNG MENTAL PATIENTS. "It is estimated that nearly one-half of all cigarettes sold in the United States (44 percent) are consumed by people with mental illnesses or substance abuse disorders ... the prevalence of tobacco use among those with either addictions and/or mental illness" is 38-98 percent vs 19.8 percent for the general population." http://lnkd.in/dmhcut5 View in LinkedIn