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'''Tobacco''' is a [[plant]] used for smoking and medicines. Its recreational qualities were discovered by [[Native American]]s and passed on to Europeans after the establishment of [[Jamestown]] in 1607.
'''Tobacco''' is a [[plant]] used for smoking and medicines. Its recreational qualities were discovered by [[Native American]]s and passed on to Europeans after the establishment of [[Jamestown]] in 1607.
Tobacco was exported by [[John Rolfe]], (husband of [[Pocahontas]]). It became known as a [[cash crop]]. The negative effects of tobacco such as lung [[cancer]], [[bronchitis]] and foul breath are widely accepted today. However, is it important to note that Tobacco companies have genetically modified Tobacco plants and added toxic [[chemical]]s to their products to make them more addictive, thus making the modern cigarette much more toxic than the original cultivated plant.
== History ==
Tobacco was exported by [[John Rolfe]], (husband of [[Pocahontas]]). It became known as a [[cash crop]]. The negative effects of tobacco such as [[lung cancer]], [[bronchitis]] and foul breath are widely accepted today. Tobacco companies have genetically modified tobacco plants and added toxic [[chemical]]s to their products to make them more addictive, thus making the modern cigarette much more toxic than the original cultivated plant.
== Tobacco Products ==
'''Cigarettes.''' Cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product. Approximately one of every five [[American]] adults is a current smoker<ref>Centers for Disease Control (2005). Cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 2004. ''Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 54''', 1121-1124</ref>. While the prevalence of smoking has dropped dramatically in the past 50 years, the rate at which the prevalence is decreasing has slowed substantially<ref>Hughes, J. R., & Brandon, T. H. (2003). A softer view of hardening. ''Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 5'', 961-962.</ref> Additionally, the rate of smoking has been increasing since the mid-1990s<ref>Wechsler, H., Rigotti, N., Gledhill-Hoyt, J., & Lee, H. (1998). Increased levels of cigarette use among college students: A cause for national concern. ''Journal of the American Medical Association, 280'', 1673-1678.</ref>.
'''Cigars.'''
'''Smokeless tobacco.'''
== Health Effects ==
== Secondhand Smoke ==
== References ==
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