History/Facts
Ever wonder how tobacco came to be?
Did you know in 1492 Christopher Columbus received tobacco as a gift from the Arawak people of the Bahamas during his famous voyage to the Americas?
Here are some more interesting facts:
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In 1843: The molecular formula for nicotine- the compound in tobacco making it addictive- was determined to be C10 H14 N2.
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In 1900 Washington, Iowa, Tennessee, and North Dakota banned the sale of cigarettes. Then 41 of the 45 states in the Union followed suit. By 1927, however, all state bans on cigarettes were repealed.
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In 1910: Per capita cigarette consumption in the United States was 94 cigarettes per year.
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In 1930: Researchers in Germany found a statistical correlation between smoking and cancer.
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In 1940: Per capita cigarette consumption in the United States reached 2,558 per year.
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In 1971: Cigarette advertisements were banned on radio and television. Warnings became required on cigarette packs.
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In 1998: California became the first state to ban smoking in bars.
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In 2000: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the regulation of tobacco by the Food and Drug Administration
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To date: More states are taking stronger action to protect citizens from tobacco use. It is currently estimated every 1 in 3 children who begin to smoke at a young age will die from a tobacco-related illness. Also, nearly 1 in 5 deaths in the U.S. are related to smoking.
Taken from the State of South Dakota, Bureau of Personnel.
Interesting facts
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Approximately 26% of adults in the United States currently smoke cigarettes.
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50 to 67% of children under five years of age live in homes with at least one adult smoker
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Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer behavior problems such as hyperactivity than children of non-smoking mothers.
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The risk of developing cancer from ETS is about 100 times greater than from outdoor cancer-causing pollutants.
Taken from http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/tobacco/secondhand_smoke.cfm
Did you know that in South Dakota
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1,000 adults die each year from their own smoking
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19,300 kids under the age of 18 will die prematurely from smoking
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90 to 170 adults, children, and babies die each year from others’ smoking (secondhand smoke and pregnancy smoking)
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$252 million is spent on smoking related health costs.
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$217 million is lost in worker productivity due to smoking.
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Taxpayers take on a federal/state burden from smoking of $162.2 million.
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In 2006 the estimated state tobacco revenue was $26.8 million.
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In 2006 the estimated state tobacco settlement revenue was $21.1 million.
For the complete list of the toll of tobacco in South Dakota go to
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements/toll.php?StateID=SD
Did you know:
Nicotine is actually more addictive than heroin.
Smoking just four cigarettes can give a person a 90% chance of becoming addictive.
Taken from www.tobaccofreeu.org
- All South Dakota correctional facilities are 100% smoke-free indoors (with the exception of tobacco for tribal ritual use)?
Courtesy of http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/100smokefreeprisons.pdf
Five countries (China, U.S., Brazil, India, and Turkey) produce two-thirds of the world's tobacco.
Taken from http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
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On May 31, 2006, World No-Tobacco Day, the state of South Dakota, Avera, Regional Health, and Sioux Valley Health System all implemented tobacco-free campuses.
Courtesty of http://www.healthysd.gov/tobaccofree.html
For a complete list of smoke-free worksites in South Dakota click on the following link: http://www.healthysd.gov/TobaccoFreeBiz.html
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