Cigarette Smoking - Research Article from World of Health

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 9 pages of information about Cigarette Smoking.

Cigarette Smoking - Research Article from World of Health

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 9 pages of information about Cigarette Smoking.
This section contains 2,512 words
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The cigarette, a paper-wrapped roll of delicately cut tobacco, has been smoked by humans for centuries. The inhaling and exhaling of fumes of burning plant material was first introduced by the Aztecs who smoked a hollow reed or cane tube filled with tobacco, and by other natives of Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America who rolled the crushed tobacco leaves in corn (maize) husks or other vegetable wrappers. Often used in ceremonials by the American Indians, the ritual of smoking has continued throughout history. While it was the cigar that Spanish conquistadors brought back from the New World that gained popularity as a symbol of wealth, the early 16th century found beggars in Seville fashioning the first cigarettes from discarded cigar butts which they shredded and rolled in scraps of paper (Spanish papeletes) to allow the poor man an opportunity to smoke his cigarrillos...

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