Tobacco Facts

For a long the tobacco industry has been targeting youth as customers to replace more than 400,000 people that die from tobacco use every year.

“Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers.”
–RJ Reynolds , 1984

All along Tobacco companies always knew that.

1. Nicotine is addictive.

“We are in the business of selling nicotine, an addictive drug effective in the release of stress mechanisms.” We are in the business of selling nicotine, an addictive drug effective in the release of stress mechanisms.”
-Brown & Williamson, 1963

2. People eventually get sick and die from smoking.

3. Advertising works! and youth will want to smoke if it is considered cool and a grown up thing to do.

4. BUT THEY DON’T CARE BECAUSE IT’S ALL ABOUT $$$$$$$$$$$

Tobacco Industry knows 90% of all smokers begin by age 18.
So they spend big money on advertising that appeals to us

The tobacco industry spends $15.4 billion dollars on advertising alone each year…

On ads in the magazines we read:

Ads and special promotions in our stores:

And on special events and promotions:

When asked why tobacco executives don’t smoke their own product, a tobacco exec replied:

“We don’t smoke that s*%#. We reserve that ‘right’ for the young, the poor, the black, and the stupid!”
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco executive