Overview Smoking 1,2 Harms nearly every organ of the body Causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general Quitting smoking lowers your risk for smoking related diseases and can add years to your life.1,2 Smoking and Death Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is about one in five deaths.1,2,3 Smoking causes more deaths each year than all of these combined 4 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Illegal drug use Alcohol use Motor vehicle injuries Firearm related... Read More.

Fatima Cigarettes (pronounced fa TEE ma) was a brand of cigarette produced in the United States by the Liggett & Myers (L&M) tobacco company. The brand dates to the 19th century, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arabic woman’s name, helped bolster the Turkish image. Before around 1950, the package design included a stylized image of a veiled Middle Eastern woman. The brand is perhaps best remembered today by old time radio buffs. In the late 1940s, L&M converted the brand to a king sized version and began an extensive... Read More.