SMOKING
The first shipload of tobacco reached Europe in 1555 and addiction to nicotine has been part of our society ever since. Four hundred years later the serious side-effects of tobacco smoking have been documented and attempts are increasing to influence people to give up or avoid cultivating the habit.
The strongest evidence of harmful effects of smoking on health relate to lung cancer and heart disease. In 1962 a committee of experts organised by the Surgeon General of the United States reviewed 8000 statistical studies of the effects of smoking and concluded that cigarette smoking contributed substantially to mortality. The committee … Continue Reading