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Things you should know about the tobacco industry

Things you should know about the tobacco industry. Olamide J. Ogunnika Tobacco Control Advocate, Educare Trust, Nigeria Member, Global Youth Action on Tobacco Control ( GYAT ). World No Tobacco Day 2012. Everyday, 3000 children smoke their first cigarette

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Things you should know about the tobacco industry

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  1. Things you should know about the tobacco industry Olamide J. Ogunnika Tobacco Control Advocate, Educare Trust, Nigeria Member, Global Youth Action on Tobacco Control (GYAT)

  2. World No Tobacco Day 2012

  3. Everyday, 3000 children smoke their first cigarette • 1 out of 3 of them will eventually die from cigarette smoking • Teenagers who smoke are 3times more likely to use alcohol, 8 times more likely to use marijuana, and 22 times more likely to use cocaine. World No Tobacco Day 2012

  4. Definitely… World No Tobacco Day 2012

  5. Worldwide, one in five teens age 13 to 17 smoke cigarettes. • Every eight seconds, a human life is lost to tobacco use somewhere in the world. That translates to approximately 5 million deaths annually. • Half of all long-term smokers will die a tobacco-related death. World No Tobacco Day 2012

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  7. What do the Tobacco Companies think? • Cigarettes “cause or predispose, lung cancer...They contribute to certain cardiovascular disorders...They may well be truly causative in emphysema, etc., etc.” • We are, then, in the business of selling nicotine, an addictive drug...” - 1963 internal memo from Addision Yeaman, executive president of Brown and Williamson, president of Council for Tobacco Research. • “Without nicotine...there would be no smoking...” - 1972 Philip Morris researcher World No Tobacco Day 2012

  8. “This young adult market, the 14-to24 age group...represent(s) tomorrow's cigarette business.” - 1974 RJR memo. World No Tobacco Day 2012

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  12. How much is a stick of cigarette? N10 or N100? How about a pack? World No Tobacco Day 2012

  13. Smoke away your money….. World No Tobacco Day 2012

  14. …and your life World No Tobacco Day 2012

  15. You can ….. Act responsibly by taking a stand. Be a Teenager against Cigarette Smoking (TACS) Support the National Tobacco Control Bill Spread the word World No Tobacco Day 2012

  16. You can….. World No Tobacco Day 2012

  17. Thank you World No Tobacco Day 2012

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