PS268 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Prescription Drug, One Thousand And One Nights, High Tech
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Tobacco is responsible for more adverse health consequences and death than any other. Aboriginal peoples were among the first to use tobacco 1400s, 15th century. It wasn"t originally called tobacco, and it wasn"t called smoking. In that period you either took" (used snuff) or drank" (smoked) tobacco. Tobacco referred to a two-pronged tube used by the aboriginal people to take snuff. Province of tobacos in mexico, where everyone used the herb. In 1989 u. s. tobacco companies voluntarily agreed to halt the long standing practice of directly paying film producers for what is known as product placement. ". Research indicates that tobacco use by an adolescent"s favourite actor does influence the adolescent"s smoking behaviour. Canadian youth, because of canada"s film rating system, are exposed to 60% more images of tobacco than are american youth. 130000 of 300000 youth smokers began smoking as a result of exposure to on screen tobacco use.
