The Poisonous Weed

Harp, Richard

doi:10.1111/j.1542-734x.1988.1104_59.x

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“…It is really so fatal that doctors seldom administer it, and never internally" (Anon., 1881b: 2). In 1889, Charles Greene, the self-proclaimed "father of omnipathy," in his The Tobacco Slave and How to be Liberated from its Fetters, warned of cigarettes damaging the lungs and causing heart attacks (Harp, 1988;Tate, 1999: 54).…”

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A Cross-Cultural and Historical Survey of Tobacco Use Among Various Ethnic Groups

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2008

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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This review of tobacco use in diverse historical and cultural contexts reveals a range of behaviors engaged in and perspectives held by members of respective ethnic groups, such as whether to consider tobacco as a medicine or as a problem. After its introduction to Western societies, many attributed tobacco with an array of medicinal uses, while condemning recreational use and identifying it as immoral. Tobacco has been used variously by respective ethnic groups at different times and places and these customs have flavored understandings of the relationships between tobacco and the body. Considerable ethnic variation exists not only in terms of tobacco use and abuse, but also with respect to pharmacogenetic factors that influences the consequences of tobacco exposure. There have also been different societal responses to the use of tobacco, including those related to the media, as well as to issues of treatment and prevention.

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A Cross-Cultural and Historical Survey of Tobacco Use Among Various Ethnic Groups

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The Poisonous Weed

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A Cross-Cultural and Historical Survey of Tobacco Use Among Various Ethnic Groups

A Cross-Cultural and Historical Survey of Tobacco Use Among Various Ethnic Groups

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