the history of tobacco
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Please refer to :\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco\nand http://www.tobacco.org/History/Tobacco_History.html\nYou'll get the full details.
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Hello there,\n    I'm a hooka smoker myself, i'm 23 now and have been smoking it for 8 years. Here in Egypt they call it Sheesha.\n\nHere's a list of potential dangers that i know of:\n1- It has higher risks of lung, tongue and oral cancers due to lack of proper filtering.\n2- The sweetning agents in the tobacco mix turn into carcenogenic compounds on combustion.\n3- It has significantly high risks of tuberculosis especially when shared with more than one person.\n\nSo, i think it's about time we both quit dont you? :)\nend of line..
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I don't think any subject has more 'urban legends' than the Evil 'Big-Tobacco'.  2nd ahnd smoke is the biggest of these myths.\n\nCome on people.  You can't believe everything that 'Truth.com' tv ads tell you.  They have an agenda - to make money - just like 'big tobacco'.\n\nThere are not secret additives added to tobacco to make them more addictive.  (however, if you look in the mirror and say 'candyman' three times, a black man will come out of the mirror and slash you to pieces - I saw it on tv, so it must be true)
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I see no reason not to be able to open casinos, since the govnerment squandered the 50 billion dollars due the Native American population since they were all put on reservations. However, in my opinion of a smoker for 50 years, all tobacco and tobacco products should be banned from this country and be called an illegal drug. Tobacco has caused the deaths of more people in this and other countries than all of the so-called illegal drugs in the world combined. More power to you on the Casino thing though, you have my vote!
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I started at 11yrs old and quit 22 years later with self-hypnosis tape by Donald J. Mannario, "Become A Non-Smoker". Tape was made 1988. Mayby find it online. about 20mins long and he won't make you cluck like a chicken.
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Generally, smoking is going down.  There are a few subgroups where this is not true but overall, things are better.  Bear in mind that nicotine, the addictive substance in tobacco, is thought to be as addictive as cocaine and heroin.  That's tough to quit.  Health knowledge is growing rapidly in our world.  Smoking is going to decrease.
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You will never convince everyone by the time they get it it will be to late.Science is based on facts and not on opinion.The fact is that the planet is warming faster than it has in the last 400 years and  we are the only difference in the last 400 years.You can still find people that believe that cigarettes don't cause cancer.
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I like FirstL's answer.  I found some tips:\nhttp://www.insuremylife.org/quitsmoking.html
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http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/index.php?CategoryID=13  ?best answer?
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Quitting smoking is the hardest thing to do.  I quit 4 months ago.  I smoked 2-4 packs a day for over 40 years.  I never considered quitting until they took me to the hospital by ambulance.  I have 1st stage emphysema which is a miracle but will live with the consequences of smoking for the rest of my life.  I wish you well.  I can not imagine smoking one cigarette a day.  It seems a bit ridiculous.  However, if you smoke one cigarette a day, it seems that would not necessarily be bad for you.  Tobacco is an herb and has medicinal properties, but you would have to grow the tobacco yourself, since each cigarette produced by our huge tobacco companies has been enhanced with over an hundred chemicals which go directly to the brain and cause the craving and addiction which has proven too difficult for some people to quit even to the point of death.  I loved smoking for most of my life but have been devastated at the horror of coming "off" of this drug for the last 4 months but am determined to remain smoke free.  I have tried the commit lozenges, nicotrol gum, a nicotrol inhaler and the patch and am using the gum right now.  Hopefully, I will be able to get off of all nicotine by the end of this year but in any case, I am no longer polluting my environment and causing grave harm to my health.  There is a huge pool of resources available to "quitters".  I have used them all, even down to a counselor that I got by calling 1-800-nobutts.  Again, I wish you well.
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Due to the chemicals and compounds in tobacco smoke.
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I'm not entirely sure, but I would bet it was a long time ago.\n\n"Among the earliest of botanical works, written around 300 B.C., are two large treatises by Theophrastus: On the History of Plants (Historia Plantarum) and On the Causes of Plants. Together these books constitute the most important contribution to botanical science during antiquity and on into the Middle Ages."\n\nThis quote, and more, from Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia at:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany\n\nHope this helps!
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That's because chewing tobacco never gets to the lungs.\nNicotine causes the addiction but not the cancer. What causes the cancer is all the other crap that tobacco companies mix in with the tobacco to make the cigarettes and cigars taste better and burn better. I have read that the American Native people who smoke only dried tobacco leaves have a very low incidence of lung cancer.\nOf course today we also have all the wonderful polution in the air from chemical plants and car exhaust plus the pollution of the water by chemical plants who produce chemical fertilizers for golf courses and farms and people's lawns. Smoking is only one way to get lung cancer. My next door neighbor never smoked a day in her life but died of lung cancer. She used to commute to New York City everyday for many years because that was where she worked. Sucks doesn't it?\nLL
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It's a really important crop for a particular area.  It makes more sense in context, like in colonial days tobacco was a staple crop for chesapeake farmers because it grew well and made a big profit.  It's a staple crop because they were dependant on it as the only thing (instead of growing a little bit of everything).
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I think to keep it fresh. Hmmm...I guess so.\nhttp://www.tobaccoreporter.com/current/story2.asp\nRead this, it may help.
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Worldwide, tobacco use is expected to cause more deaths in the year 2020 than any other single condition.
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Absolutely! They are made with tobacco which is the source of the nicotine. Here is some info you should know!\n\nCigar Smoking Skyrockets \nCigar Smoking Skyrockets \n \nArticle date: 1998/12/31  \nBetween 1989 and 1993, cigar smoking skyrocketed 133 percent according to researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Department of Cancer Control and Epidemiology in Buffalo, N.Y. Their findings were published in the July 1998 edition of the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers surveyed 22 communities in North America, and found an increase in cigar use among both sexes, as well as in all age groups, races, incomes, educational levels and smoking frequency.\nTheir findings concur with those of many scientists, who noted a sharp decline in the prevalence of cigar smoking from 1964 to 1991, then a resurgence in popularity, particularly among younger adults, over the past few years. According to the Cigar Association of America, two billion cigars were sold to 10 million cigar smokers in 1994, the first year of a marked increase in sales. In 1996, 4.4 billion cigars were sold, marking a 45 percent increase in sales since 1993. Many people believe these increases are due in large part because of manufacturer's marketing and advertising efforts, celebrity endorsements of cigars as glamorous and acceptable, and the linking of cigars and the supposed good life in TV shows, movies, and magazines.\n\nResearchers also noted the public may think cigar smoking is a safer and less addictive alternative to cigarettes. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, cancer deaths among cigar smokers are 34 percent higher than among nonsmokers. They also state cigar smoking causes cancers of the larynx, oral cavity, esophagus, and lungs. Just like cigarettes, cigars contain nicotine.\n\nA 1996 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found an estimated six million US teenagers aged 14-19 had smoked at least one cigar within the past year.\n\nHere are some other facts about cigars and their usage:\n\n\nThe carcinogens and cancer-producing chemicals found in cigarettes are also present in cigars.\n\nCigar smokers have three times the risk of developing lung cancer than nonsmokers, according to a 1985 study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI).\n\nCigar smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to suffer from persistent coughs, phlegm, and are at increased risk of peptic ulcers, according to a 1987 issue of The American Journal of Public Health.\n\nConcentrations in tar and nicotine are much higher in cigars than cigarettes, according to a study in a 1988 edition of Preventative Medicine. In a presentation at a June 1998 American Cancer Society conference on the health risks of cigar smoking, scientist Jack Henningfield, PhD, vice president of research and health policy at Pinney Associates noted the amounts of nicotine in cigars. "A study of 10 cigar types showed that cigars contain amounts of nicotine ranging (on the low end) from that equivalent to a single cigarette to (on the high end) that equivalent to an entire pack of cigarettes. Most cigars contain nicotine in quantities equivalent to several cigarettes," he said.\n\nExposure to secondhand cigar smoke carries the same risks as exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke, according to an article in the January 10, 1995 edition of TheWashington Post.\n\nCigar packages bear no warning from the Surgeon General, as cigarette packages do.\n\nThe 1990 Budget Reconciliation Act taxes cigars at a federal level of $1.125 per thousand, which equals less than a penny each.\n\nAccording to a presentation at the ACS cigar conference given by researcher John Slade, MD, addiction and chemical dependencies specialist at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, "The sale of cigars has increased markedly in the past five years. Despite the fact that virtually all of the advertising and promotion of these produc