vital stats

1) 128 million federal dollars spent on an antismoking campaign between '91 and '99
2) 47 billion dollars spent by the tobacco industry to market its products during the same time period

3) 26 percent of people in a nutritional study said that ate five servings of fruits or vegetables a day
4) 13 percent of people in the same study who said they did after they were told the size of a serving

5) 67 percent of Americans on low-carb/no-carb diets that do not know tomatoes contain carbs
6) 47 percent of Americans on aforementioned diets that do not know that apples contain carbs

7) 66 percent additional calories Americans consume from soda or atificial fruit juice now versus 27 years ago