Archaeological findings show that tobacco entered the lives of American residents when human beings were still in primitive society. At that time, when people were gathering food, they would unconsciously pick a plant leaf and put it in their mouth to chew. Because it is irritating, it just plays the role of restoring physical strength and refreshing, so they often pick it and chew it, which becomes a hobby.

Development course:

During the Crimean War, British soldiers learned the method of smoking from the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire at that time, and then spread it to different places. 1843 On June 25th, France began to manufacture the first batch of cigarettes for commercial sale in history. Later, cigarettes became popular and spread everywhere.

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harm

Tobacco is the largest preventable cause of death in the world today, and half of tobacco users will die from tobacco use. At present, the total number of smokers in the world exceeds one billion, accounting for about a quarter of the world population. Tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths worldwide every year. In developing countries, with the steady growth of population and the vigorous marketing measures of tobacco enterprises, the number of tobacco users continues to grow.

If the current development trend continues, by 2030, the number of deaths caused by tobacco use will exceed 8 million every year; By the end of this century, tobacco will kill/kloc-0 billion people, and it is estimated that more than three quarters of them will be concentrated in low-and middle-income countries.

Among the eight leading causes of death in the world, tobacco use is a risk factor for six of them. Smoking can cause lung, throat, kidney, bladder, stomach, colon, oral cavity and esophagus tumors, as well as leukemia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, stroke, abortion, premature delivery, birth defects, infertility and other diseases, bringing huge but preventable pain and serious loss of productivity.

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