Indigenous peoples across the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East used mullein, uva ursi, red willow bark, and aromatic herbs in ritual contexts, often precisely because the act of smoking was considered a form of prayer: breath made visible, intention carried on smoke toward the sky
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International Electronic Journal of Health Education
American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, pp 2932 Acknowledgements The authors research on cigarette smoking and cancer is supported by grants CA-81301, CA-92025, CA-102502, DA-13333, and ES-11297 from the U.S
Its also known as environmental tobacco smoke (or ETS) or passive smoking
A genome-wide gene-environment interaction analysis for tobacco smoke and lung cancer susceptibility