Smoking, as the ads say, is dangerous to ones health. And it is. Continued smoking may cause health complications left and right, not only to yourself, but also to the people around you.
According to statistics, smoking is responsible for approximately one in five deaths in the United States. This vice kills approximately 259,494 men and 178,404 women yearly. Smoking long-term may cause lung cancer, emphysema, cardiovascular diseases, pregnancy abnormalities, childhood asthma, and sudden infant death syndrome. Isnt it high time people thought of quitting?
History of smoking
The earliest recorded history of smoking dates back to 5000BC from the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes. Smoking has also been present in many cultures around the world. Early smoking has been related to religious ceremonies – as offering to peoples respective deities, as cleansing rituals of shamans or priests for divination and spiritual enlightenment. After the European exploration and conquests, tobacco smoking was introduced to the rest of the civilized world. Since then it has evolved from religious ritual protocol to a social activity.
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