TOBACCO TIMELINE THEN AND NOW THEN AND NOW

TOBACCO TIMELINE THEN AND NOW

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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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 company’s marketing has purposely targeted youth, minorities, and women

• 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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