History of tobacco, types of use, male and female smoking, youth, cigarette consumption, health effects, secondhand smoke, deaths, costs; the trade, the industry, smuggling, tobacco promotion and marketing, Internet sales, politics; activism, research, tobacco control, policy initiatives; quitting, litigation, pricing, and futures.
Growing set of resources presenting and organizing tobacco industry documents; shows what the industry says in private about youth, advertising, promotions; features a poster on the history of youth cigarette brands.
List of stars and performers killed by tobacco.
Maintained by the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Covers tobacco-related issues, statistics, news, research, data, reports, quitting tips, educational materials, publications, . Also sections dedicated to youth.
NIH short summary of nicotine effects.
Concise factsheet.
Recent research shows that cigarette products cause addiction much faster than was previously believed, in just a few doses.
Independent research confirms that ammonia added to ciarettes can boost the availability of nicotine up to 100 times.
1996 Pulitzer prize-winning reporting on how the tobacco industry uses ammonia to engineer cigarettes for addiction.
Science Week article focuses on 3 decades of tobacco industry efforts to engineer cigarettes for addiction.
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