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But straw baskets aren't just for the garden

The WHO report also stated that the rise of smoking among women has been affected by the tobacco industrys marketing of cigarettes to women as a symbol of emancipation. Regardless, medical experts stressed that cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general, regardless of ones gender

Lifes not always fair, huh

The astronomer Thomas Harriot, who accompanied Sir Richard Grenville on his 1585 expedition to Roanoke Island, thought that the plant "openeth all the pores and passages of the body" so that the bodies of the natives "are notably preserved in health, and know not many grievous diseases, wherewithal we in England are often times afflicted." [17] Production of tobacco for smoking, chewing, and snuffing became a major industry in Europe and its colonies by 1700