Tobacco Kills
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The Paulinator
Spreading the seed
I wish I was cool enough to smoke
That is the Samuel L. Jackson of cigarettes
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https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm
The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year on cigarette and smokeless tobacco advertising and promotions.
In 2016, $9.5 billion was spent on advertising and promotion of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco combined—about $26 million every day, and more than $1 million every hour.
Price discounts to retailers account for 66.7% of all cigarette marketing (about $5.8 billion). These are discounts paid in order to reduce the price of cigarettes to consumers.
Smoking costs the United States billions of dollars each year.
Total economic cost of smoking is more than $300 billion a year.
Nearly $170 billion in direct medical care for adults.
More than $156 billion in lost productivity due to premature death and exposure to secondhand smoke.
The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year on cigarette and smokeless tobacco advertising and promotions.
In 2016, $9.5 billion was spent on advertising and promotion of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco combined—about $26 million every day, and more than $1 million every hour.
Price discounts to retailers account for 66.7% of all cigarette marketing (about $5.8 billion). These are discounts paid in order to reduce the price of cigarettes to consumers.
Smoking costs the United States billions of dollars each year.
Total economic cost of smoking is more than $300 billion a year.
Nearly $170 billion in direct medical care for adults.
More than $156 billion in lost productivity due to premature death and exposure to secondhand smoke.
