TOBACCO TIMELINE

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TOBACCO TIMELINE

• THEN AND NOW

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THEN AND NOW

• 600 BC- first tobacco plant grows in America
• 1492- Columbus finds tobacco and takes it back to
  Europe
• 1612- The first tobacco plantation is started in
  U.S.
• 1762- Cigar smoking is introduced
• 1852- Matches are introduced

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• 1864- The first cigarette factory opens
• 1875- Company begins producing chewing tobacco
• 1890- Tobacco categorized as drug by the US
  Pharmacopoeia
• 1902- Phillip Morris comes to America to sell
  cigarettes
• 1913- American Society for the Control of Cancer
  is formed

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• 1913- RJ Reynolds introduces Camel
• 1939- German researchers make link between lung
  cancer and smoking
• 1944- American Cancer Society began warning
  public about risks of smoking
• 1954- First lawsuits are filed by former smokers
  against tobacco companies
• 1965- Surgeon General Warning on packaging

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• 1966- Health warning on cigarette packages begins
• 1969- All tobacco advertising from radio and TV
  banned
• 1988- Joe Camel makes his US advertising debut
  (75th anniversary)
• 1988- American Cancer Society holds first Great
  American Smoke-Out

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• 1991- AMA shows Joe Camel is as recognizable to
  young children as Mickey
• 1992- Nicotine patch is introduced
• 1997- Joe Camel advertising is replaced with
  non-cartoon image
• 1998- Congressman shows tobacco companys
  marketing has purposely targeted youth,
  minorities, and women

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• 2003- A recent study of 4,000 youths show that
  smoking in movies promotes smoking initiation
  among teens
• 2003- More PG-13 movies then R-rated movies
  contains tobacco use

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JOE CAMEL VS JOE CHEMO

• THEN

• NOW