This ancient South American culture used ritual drugs to reinforce social hierarchy
High in the Peruvian Andes, archaeologists uncovered snuff tubes containing traces of hallucinogens.
Tag: tobacco
Raising taxes on tobacco reduced infant deaths
Over 230,000 deaths would have been avoided in 2018 with higher taxes on tobacco.
Ice Age humans have been using tobacco since at least 12,300 years ago
No lighters back then but hunter-gathers still found a way to enjoy tobacco.
Electronic cigarettes aren’t good for you — in some respects, they’re worse than traditional cigarettes
They might be viewed as a healthier alternative, but they're not.
Pleasant odors might help decrease cigarette cravings
Nicotine cravings are hard to resist, but inhaling certain smells might help reduce the temptation to light up.
Nicotine works inside our neurons to reinforce addiction
So, you know. Don't smoke.
Hookah smoking is becoming more popular, despite health concerns
It's alluring, interesting -- and unhealthy.
Tobacco industry’s carbon footprint mirrors entire countries — cost of cigarettes should reflect the environmental damage, WHO says
We all know smoking is bad for our health but not a lot of people are aware of the hidden ...
What big tobacco companies don’t want you to know about smuggling
The scale of this conspiracy is shocking.
The Twitter discussion around vapes is grand — and 70% filled with bots
Welcome to selling strategies, where ethics are made up and your health doesn't matter!
Alcohol and tobacco, not illegal drugs, are the biggest threat to human health
Put that cigarette down, and forget that extra beer.
Forgotten Poison: How Cigarettes Hurt the Environment
The extent of the environmental devastation cigarettes are responsible for is vast.
Almost 2 out of 3 people who try smoking develop a daily habit
A global study suggests that 69% of the people who tried smoking became daily smokers, even if temporary.
Big Tobacco will run anti-smoking ads, one decade after court order
Anti-tobacco advocates are furious the delay will make the campaign less effective.
Increasing the price of US cigarettes by just one dollar per pack would lead to one million people kicking the habit
A small increase to bring about huge change.
Russia plans to ban all tobacco sales in 2033
No smoking here. Only vodka.
Smoking one pack a day causes your lung cells’ DNA to mutate 150 times every year
It's not just your lungs either.
Is secondhand marijuana smoke as damaging as tobacco smoke?
A new study compares the effects of secondhand marijuana smoke to that of tobacco.
Blowing vapor: cigarette use plummets among youth in schools, but e-cigs take their place
Electronic cigarettes have soared in use among high school and middle school kids, tripling relative in 2014, while cigarettes have ...
Marijuana is much safer than tobacco and alcohol, study concludes
A new study has concluded that marijuana is much safer than alcohol and tobacco combined. Alcohol is actually the most ...
Tobacco plants borrowing bacteria genes achieve more efficient photosynthesis
This plant may look like an ordinary tobacco plant, but on the inside it was engineered to express bacteria proteins ...
E-cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco variety, yet debate still lingers
A new study that shifted through 81 e-cig related studies found that these are less harmful than conventional cigarettes. Policymakers, ...
Eight million lives saved since first anti-tobacco warning 50 years ago
A study from Yale University found that some eight million premature deaths have been adverted as a result of anti-smoking ...
Plain packaging makes cigarettes less appealing
Most smokers fall prey to the poisonous grasp of cigarettes because they became seduced by the simple act itself, not ...
First evidence of tobacco consumption in Mayan culture found
Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient urn dated from the Mayan classical period, which after a thorough chemical analysis was found ...
Older smokers more likely to quit smoking
It can be quite puzzling to understand why numerous want (or "want") to quit smoking and fail to do ...
