how long have people been smoking tobacco Milestones in history Smoking: Effects, Risks, Diseases, Quitting

The root of the word tobacco comes from the native word for pipe or instrument used to consume tobacco among some native people

Hyland and colleagues (2004) found that there was a gradient in the cessation rate by age of initiation: 37.3 percent of those who started smoking when they were age 15 or younger had quit, 41.3 percent of those who started smoking when they were ages 16 to 19 years had quit, and 47.6 percent of those who started smoking when they were older than age 19 years had quit

They also make people more likely to die from a smoking-related disease

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