Todays wallpaper: "Pipe smoking"
Pipe smoking is the oldest traditional form of smoking. Although it has declined somewhat in popularity it is still widely practiced and is very common in some parts of Scandinavia.
The problem with this type of smoking is that during a burning process, different juices are made. They are directly cancerous and provide a great potential for lip cancer.
The problem with this type of smoking is that during a burning process, different juices are made. They are directly cancerous and provide a great potential for lip cancer.
Smoking in Europe
Jean Nicot was a French diplomat and scholar, who served as an ambassador in Lisbon, Portugal from 1559 to 1561, under King Henry II. Upon his return to France, he introduced snuff tobacco to the French royal court. The plant was also an instant success with the Father Superior of Malta, who shared tobacco with all of his monks. This is how popularisation of tobacco started and the main ingredient in tobacco, NICOTINE got its name from Jean Nicot.
Soon after its introduction to the Old World, tobacco came under frequent criticism from state and religious leaders. Murad IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1623–40 was among the first to attempt a smoking ban by claiming it was a threat to public morality and health.Religious leaders have often been prominent among those who considered smoking immoral or outright blasphemous. In 1634 the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' forbade the sale of tobacco and sentenced men and women who flouted the ban to have their nostrils slit and their backs whipped until skin came off their backs.
Smoking today
Smoking, primarily of tobacco, is an activity that is practiced by some 1.1 billion people, and up to 1/3 of the adult population. It is one of the leading causes of preventable death globally. In the United States about 500,000 deaths per year are attributed to smoking-related diseases and a recent study estimated that as much as 1/3 of China's male population will have significantly shortened life-spans due to smoking. Male and female smokers lose an average of 13.2 and 14.5 years of life, respectively.
The risk of dying from lung cancer before age 85 is 22.1% for a male smoker and 11.9% for a female current smoker, in the absence of competing causes of death. Smoking one cigarette a day results in a risk of heart disease that is halfway between that of a smoker and a non-smoker.
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