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  2. Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia

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    The probabilities of death from lung cancer before age 75 in the United Kingdom are 0.2% for men who never smoked (0.4% for women), 5.5% for male former smokers (2.6% in women), 15.9% for current male smokers (9.5% for women) and 24.4% for male "heavy smokers" defined as smoking more than 25 cigarettes per day (18.5% for women). [119]

  3. Prevalence of tobacco use - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, smoking was the cause of about 1,800 male deaths in Israel which was around 12% of all male deaths. [36] Smoking has not been found to be significant cause of death among Israeli women. [36] The average number of cigarettes smoked per Israeli stands at 2162 (6). [34] There are several anti-tobacco use legislations in effect.

  4. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. Circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health "Health effects of smoking" and "Dangers of smoking" redirect here. For cannabis, see Effects of cannabis. For smoking crack cocaine, see Crack cocaine § Health issues. "Smoking and health" redirects here. For ...

  5. 15 people in sports who have smoked cigarettes - AOL

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    A number of prominent figures throughout sports throughout history have been caught smoking cigarettes -- including admitted smokers and some athletes who've tried to keep the habit under wraps ...

  6. Cigarette Smoking Man - Wikipedia

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    The birth date, birthplace, and most of the history of the Smoking Man are never categorically confirmed. One possible version of his past is provided during the fourth-season episode "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man", in which the conspiracy theorists known as The Lone Gunmen claim Smoking Man was first documented in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 20, 1940.

  7. History of smoking - Wikipedia

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    Cigarettes became elegant and fashionable among society men as the Victorian era gave way to the Edwardian. In 1912, American Dr. Isaac Adler was the first to strongly suggest that lung cancer was related to smoking.

  8. Smoking - Wikipedia

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    Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person. Most commonly, the substance used is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant, which have been rolled with a small rectangle of paper into an elongated cylinder called a cigarette.

  9. Keith Richards on quitting smoking cigarettes after 55 ... - AOL

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    Keith Richards is officially a non-smoker.. The Rolling Stones guitarist told CBS Sunday Morning that he quit smoking cigarettes two years ago, after 55 years of the habit. "You know, it's funny ...