his crew members were introduced to smoking by the indigenous people who gave them the dried leaves as a present. “Tobacco [can] be chewed‚ drunk as tea‚ inhaled as powder (snuff)‚ inserted as a liquid enema and consumed as jelly‚ but it was smoking‚ the burning of the herb to produce smoke‚ that quickly became part of a priestly healing ritual‚ both to diagnose and cure illness‚ as well as to drive out the evil spirits that had supposedly caused it…smoking was a cure‚ but it soon became a passion”
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The Effects of Smoking on the Body The custom of smoking tobacco originated with the Indians possibly as early as one hundred A.D. Tobacco was used at first principally in connection with religious rituals‚ but by the end of the fifteenth century‚ smoking was quickly becoming a common personal practice. There are at least four thousand different toxic chemicals which have been identified as products of tobacco smoke. Nicotine is among these and has become one of the most widely used stimulants
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3 Draft #1 June 6‚ 2010 Bad effects of smoking for teenager Smoking is only one bad habit‚ which is worse thing in the world and has only bad effects. Around the world‚ almost all countries people are smoke every day‚ but different only some countries people smoke more than others countries. For example‚Asian countries smoking rate less than Europe and America because in Asian female smoking rate lass than male. InEuropean andAmerican countries smoking rate higher than Asian because Europe and
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Dangers of Smoking Cigarettes When you are aware of the dangers of smoking cigarettes‚ you can persuade yourself and others to quit the habit. Read this article to understand the harmful effects of smoking on your health. The habit of smoking cigarettes is addictive in nature. For this reason‚ even though smoking causes death for millions of people all across the world‚ most smokers are unable to stop smoking. Addiction towards cigarettes develop mainly because of presence of nicotine in tobacco
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Hall- Crawford En068 Cause and Effect: Smoking Smoking is one of the main issues that mankind today is confronted with in the world. Smoking is known to have started as early as 1439 A.D. Rodrigo de Jerez was the first ever smoker in Europe‚ and the development of cigars was originated by the Native American people. In the twentieth century‚ cigars were advertised all over the world as a harmless‚ anti-stress product with little or no side effects. Smoking was eventually become widespread all over
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Target: Smokers and Non Smokers Smoking The use of cigarette smoking is a major aspect of our society. Smoking is used in socializing‚ relaxing‚ and even entertaining. Smoking tobacco is sold in a variety of options‚ the most popular being the cigarette. This report examines the irreversible effects of cigarette smoking on various organ systems and challenges the notion that a few years of exposure to smoking will have no lasting adverse consequences. This is to discourage young people from taking
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Smoking Is a Bad Habit Project 2012 Introduction People smoke mostly in the form of cigarette. Some people use even cigar‚ pipes etc. All these contain dried leaves of tobacco plant. A cigarette or any such thing is made for the purpose of inhaling smoke. It contains a harmful substance ’nicotine’. Tobacco is an agricultural product‚ grown in the farms. Farmers get good income by growing the tobacco as an agricultural plant. Tobacco is also used in preparation of some medicines. But when tobacco
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The Effects of smoking in Teenagers Chapter I Introduction Adolescence is a stage of significant growth and potential but it is also considered to be a time of great risk. A lot of adolescents are facing pressures to use alcohol‚ cigarettes‚ or drugs and to start sexual relationships‚ thereby‚ putting themselves at high risk for intentional injuries and infection from sexual transmitted Diseases. According to the World Health Report a considerable number of deaths would be prevented and tobacco
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expected to increase to 1.5 million by 2020. In a country where more than 30% of the population is under poverty‚ what is important to note is how much of personal income goes towards financing this habit. From causing lung cancer to oral cancer‚ smoking is considered to be the cause of not only major physical damage but also financial damages through personal spending costs and government health spending. TOBACCO CULTIVATION TREND IN INDIA Going by the reports
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Smoking is a way that some people find good to them because it helps them from stressing out‚ but what some people don’t know is that smoking is the reason why so many people are dieing now a days. According to CDC‚ also known as United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ about 443‚000 people die each year because of smoking. There are many different types of tobacco that people smoke‚ but the main ones are: chewing tobacco‚ cigarettes‚ cigars‚ electronic cigarettes (also known as
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