Alien52 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Watch tribe with Bruce Parry. Every tribe he visited smoked. Tobacco was the currency used by some of them. I don't know anyone called Bruce Parry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Come on for crying out loud! Tobacco has been smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. Well before it was introduced to England. So what has that got to do with smoking in England? The mass production of tobacco which essentially caused the smoking culture we have now started around the time of the 1st World War. By 1949 it was estimated that 81% of men and 39% of women smoked. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/themes/publichealth/smoking.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 "The history of smoking can be dated to as early as 5000 BC, and has been recorded in many different cultures across the world." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking And yet "passive smoking" was only invented by the anti-smoking lobby around 10 years ago! You can't invent a physical process, I think you probably mean recognised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckerslike Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Come on for crying out loud! Tobacco has been smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. Well before it was introduced to England. Watch tribe with Bruce Parry. Every tribe he visited smoked. Tobacco was the currency used by some of them. I hear that painting one's self blue was popular at one time amongst uncivilized societies. It has more or less died out in the civilised parts of Europe and is now restricted to the more remote parts of Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 So what has that got to do with smoking in England? The mass production of tobacco which essentially caused the smoking culture we have now started around the time of the 1st World War. By 1949 it was estimated that 81% of men and 39% of women smoked. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/themes/publichealth/smoking.aspx I said people have smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. Not people in England have smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. People will still be smoking thousands of years from now. Some people like smoking, whether you do or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I said people have smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. Not people in England have smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. People will still be smoking thousands of years from now. Some people like smoking, whether you do or not. To the point where smokers will be seen in a similar light as drug addicts today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I said people have smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. Not people in England have smoked for hundreds and thousands of years. People will still be smoking thousands of years from now. Some people like smoking, whether you do or not. The habit is on the wain, it will be less people in the future than it is now. In the UK it will probably fall to very low numbers. People should be able to smoke if they wish though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 To the point where smokers will be seen in a similar light as drug addicts today? There are plenty of people today (more than for the past several decades) who think that the majority of drugs should be legalised since prohibition simply doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 To the point where smokers will be seen in a similar light as drug addicts today? There are plenty of people today (more than for the past several decades) who think that the majority of drugs should be legalised since prohibition simply doesn't work. My point was that he habit will disappear to a point where it becomes only visible the fringes of society, similar to drug addicts today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 My point was that he habit will disappear to a point where it becomes only visible the fringes of society, similar to drug addicts today. I don't think it will. And I don't think drug users are confined ro the fringes of society. I think you'll find drug users are more common than you think. The use of drugs is also on the increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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