People have enjoyed the mind-altering affects of tobacco for centuries.
In fact, experts believe that tobacco, as we know it, was growing in the Americas as far back as 6000 BCE.
The origin of the tobacco plant is considered a sacred gift by first inhabitant nations. Ceremonial use of tobacco continues today by many tribes of indigenous people.
Over the years tobacco was rolled and lit, smoked in pipes, cigars, chewed, inhaled and packaged in cigarettes. (For more tobacco history, go to The Tobacco Timeline from Tobacco.org.)
Today's cigarettes have been altered by the Tobacco Industry to guarantee rapid addiction to nicotine.
On August 29, 2006, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that in a six year period, 1998 to 2004, the tobacco industry increased the amount of nicotine that an average cigarette smoker inhales by 10%. Thus, addicting young, first time tobacco users faster than before at the same time making stopping tobacco use more difficult. For more information download the PDF directly by clicking here. Or visit the MDPH website on tobacco for this and other information.
Once again, the tobacco industry chose unconscionable greed over health and honesty.
