Year: 2022

"SMOKER numbers edge close to one billion." http://lnkd.in/dAeTris View in LinkedIn

43 TRILLION CIGARETTES IN A DECADE. "In 2010, tobacco industry’s profit was equivalent to US$6,000 for each death caused by tobacco. Since the 1st Tobacco Atlas in 2002, almost 50 million people have died from tobacco. 43 trillion cigarettes have been smoked in the last decade." http://lnkd.in/drxbEtM View in LinkedIn

GIANT INDUSTRY. "The global tobacco industry (is) likely approach $500 Bn/yr. In 2010, the combined profits of the six leading tobacco companies was U.S. $35.1 billion, equal to the combined profits of Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and McDonald’s ... If Big Tobacco were a country, it would have a ... GDP of countries like Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Venezuela." http://lnkd.in/drxbEtM View in LinkedIn

USA COSTS OF SMOKING. "During 2000–2004, the value of cigarettes sold in the United States averaged $71 billion per year, while cigarette smoking was responsible for an estimated $193 billion in annual health-related economic losses." Thus, even if tobacco tax was 90%, the net shortfall is still $129.1 billion per year. http://lnkd.in/drxbEtM View in LinkedIn

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE YOUNG MARKET. "If a man has never smoked by age 18, the odds are three-to-one he never will. By age 21, the odds are twenty-to-one." This stunning fact is why tobacco companies have always targeted youth. " "2014_06_19_DesignedforAddiction_web.pdf View in LinkedIn

ADOLESCENT SWEET SPOT. "Smoking and smokeless tobacco use are initiated and established primarily during adolescence. Nearly 9 out of 10 smokers started smoking by age 18, and 99% started by age 26. In 2012, 6.7% of middle school and 23.3% of high school students currently used tobacco products." http://lnkd.in/d9mSkKY View in LinkedIn

ROLE MODELS IN MOVIES. "Social norms portrayed in tobacco advertising and in movies promote smoking in young people." http://lnkd.in/d9mSkKY View in LinkedIn

"ADOLESCENCE is a critical period of vulnerability for the onset of smoking ... Approximately 80% of smokers initiate tobacco use before age 18 ... As compared to their adult counterparts, juveniles more readily develop symptoms of tobacco dependence ...and those who begin smoking in early adolescence are more likely to experience difficulty in quitting than those who start at later ages." http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v32/n9/full/1301327a.html View in LinkedIn

UVENILE BRAINS are more biochemically susceptible to addiction than older brains, as we will see in a later section. The ideal configuration for tobacco strategies. Young rebels, wanting to seem grown up, and experimenting with many new things, are are perfect target market, unless they happen to be your kids. View in LinkedIn

MASSIVE ADVERTIZING SPENDING. "In 2008, the tobacco industry spent nearly $10 billion on advertizing, especially trying to attract young women and teenage girls." http://lnkd.in/dZbDr9W View in LinkedIn