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  2. Cigarette smoking among college students - Wikipedia

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    A student smoking a cigarette on the campus of Clark University 1840 woodcut of a medical student smoking a cigarette. The majority of lifelong smokers begin smoking habits before the age of 24, which makes the college years a critical time for tobacco companies to convince college students to pick up the habit of cigarette smoking. [1]

  3. 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 ...

  4. Health effects of electronic cigarettes - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, vaping (the use of e-cigarettes) is considered by some to be around 95% less harmful than smoking, supported by a review by Public Health England. [2] Regardless, vaping carries its own health risks. [1] [3] These risks depend on the vaping fluid used and varies according to design and user behavior. [4]

  5. Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia

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    Aztec women are handed flowers and smoking tubes before eating at a banquet, Florentine Codex, 16th century. Smoking's history dates back to as early as 5000–3000 BC, when the agricultural product began to be cultivated in Mesoamerica and South America; consumption later evolved into burning the plant substance either by accident or with intent of exploring other means of consumption. [1]

  6. Regulation of nicotine marketing - Wikipedia

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    Canada, Australia, Thailand, Iceland, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil [85] and some EU countries have also imposed labels upon cigarette packs warning smokers of the effects, and they include graphic images of the potential health effects of smoking. In Canada, cards are also inserted into cigarette packs, explaining reasons not to smoke and different ...

  7. Not only a matter of education - HuffPost

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    scholarships for students, mentoring activities, and policies to encourage enrollment in early childhood education programs, among others. On the other hand, there are the policies that do not focus on Hispanics per se, but that form part of a greater movement toward performance-based results assessment. This is the case of reforms

  8. Effects of nicotine on human brain development - Wikipedia

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    A 2015 review concluded that "Nicotine acts as a gateway drug on the brain, and this effect is likely to occur whether the exposure is from smoking tobacco, passive tobacco smoke or e-cigarettes." [25] Nicotine may have a profound impact on sleep. [26] The effects on sleep vary after being intoxicated, during withdrawal, and from long-term use ...

  9. Youth smoking - Wikipedia

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    Notably, the effect of parental smoking can differ by a few important factors. There was a greater effect of father smoking on boys than girls, the effects of the father smoking depended on if the father lived at home with the adolescent, and there was a greater effect of parental smoking on youth under the age of 13. [25]