Top music videos are viewed billions of times on YouTube – and many feature tobacco
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June 20, 2024
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Top music videos are viewed billions of times on YouTube – and many feature tobacco ([link removed])
Tobacco imagery in popular music videos was on the rise in 2022, according to Truth Initiative’s sixth annual review of tobacco imagery in popular entertainment ([link removed]) . The report found that twice as many music videos for the most popular songs, according to Billboard charts, portrayed tobacco in 2022 compared to 2021 (28% vs. 12.8%) and were viewed almost 7 billion times on YouTube as of October 2023.
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A breath of fresh air: The immediate benefits of quitting smoking or vaping nicotine ([link removed])
Quitting smoking has countless short- and long-term benefits, some of which start to impact the body almost immediately after putting down a cigarette. While decades of research have provided a clear picture of how quitting smoking improves health, research on quitting cigarettes is still emerging. Early studies suggest that some chemicals present in e-cigarette aerosols may increase the risk of certain illnesses such as heart disease or cancer, but additional studies on long-term health effects are needed. Here’s what we know about the short- and long-term health effects of quitting smoking or vaping nicotine, and what resources are available to help.
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2023 State fact sheets: Smoking prevalence, e-cigarette use, tobacco taxes, and more ([link removed])
The tobacco policy landscape and economics of tobacco control differ widely by state. View a state-by-state breakdown of cigarette smoking prevalence, e-cigarette and smokeless tobacco use, tobacco taxes, youth access laws, clean air ordinances, and quitting statistics and benefits, from Alabama to Wyoming.
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