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Teen survey: Smokeless tobacco more popular than cigarettes

March 30th, 2010 Posted in General tobacco Tags: cigarettes, tobacco

Some high school nurses say they have noticed fewer students smoking cigarettes, but they can’t be sure if more are switching to smokeless tobacco as a substitute. Read more

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Scientists look to tobacco as a potential biofuel

March 30th, 2010 Posted in General tobacco, Tobacco industry Tags: tobacco

Some researchers say an age-old cash crop long the focus of public health debate could be used to help solve America’s energy crisis, by genetically modifying the tobacco leaf for use as a biofuel. Read more

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Cuban cigars Cuban cigars are rolled from tobacco leaves found throughout the country of Cuba. The filler, binder, and wrapper may come from different portions of the island.

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Following the arrival of the Europeans, tobacco became increasingly popular as a trade item. It fostered the economy for the southern United States until it was replaced by cotton. Following the American civil war, a change in demand and a change in labor force allowed inventor James Bonsack to create a machine which automated cigarette production.

This increase in production allowed tremendous growth in the tobacco industry until the scientific revelations of the mid-1900s.

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You may know it by hookah, narghile, sheesha, even hubbly bubbly. Middle Eastern water pipe smoking in on the rise in Western countries and you may have even noticed hookah lounges popping up in your neighborhood. So, what is hookah ?

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