Intervention Strategy : Educating People On Sacred Tobacco And Its History

He states that tobacco started in Europe due to Portuguese sailors, and from there it spread and soon became was in high demand. Chinese people thought that tobacco had medicinal purposes, while Native Americans thought that tobacco connected you to a supernatural world.

Tobacco came about in the 1400’s, when Christopher Columbus was gifted with a small dried tobacco leaves from the American Indians that he encountered on the small island of San Salvador. Back then, men used tobacco as “drink smoke” and “tobacco drinking”. During 1559, the year historians mark as the year tobacco was officially introduced to Europe, the French ambassador to Portugal, Jean Nicot, presented some tobacco plants acquired in the New World, and from then tobacco was here to stay.

For many generations, tobacco had been used in healing ceremonies and as offerings to the spirits. In 1492, there are stories of Native Americans giving gifts of tobacco to Christopher Columbus and of him throwing it away as weeds. Some of his men did take up smoking and spread the habit around the world. Following the arrival of Europeans tobacco became very popular to trade and gave the Native Americans a form of currency.

On 2nd November 1492, Christopher Columbus, the captain of the Santa Maria, came across the island of Cuba. Columbus sent two men in a small boat to explore the island. When they arrived back they told the strange story of people with burning sticks in their mouths (Simkin, 1997). During the next few years, European explorers discovered that people all over America smoked tobacco. These Indians believed that chewing or smoking tobacco protected them from a variety of different diseases. Some European explorers, frightened that they might catch these local diseases, also began to smoke tobacco. When these men went home they took large supplies of tobacco with them (Simkin, 1997). In 1940 the Tobacco industry figures showed that more than half

Tobacco has a long history in the Americas and date back to somewhere between 600 to 900 A.D. Native American Indians smoked tobacco through a pipe only for religious and medical purposes. Following, European’s immigration to North America, tobacco was rapidly spread around the globe (Jacobs, 1997) due to addictive properties of the chemical, Nicotine present in plant Nicotina tobacum (Boffetta et al., 2008). Only the mode of delivery has changed. In the eighteenth century, snuff was prominent; the nineteenth century was the age of the cigar; the twentieth century saw the rise of the manufactured cigarette, and with a greatly increased number of smokers. At the dawn of the twenty first century approximately one third of adults in the world,

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The practice of smoking, whether it be the likes of tobacco, marijuana or other substances has been around for thousands of years. It has been a defining feature of many diverse ethnic and social groups and has been noted to take place in a variety of settings—ranging from sacred rituals and ceremonial meetings, private/ personal use, to simple or even somewhat elaborate get-togethers. The sacred and endowed side of smoking tobacco was generally believed to have medicinal as well as spiritual benefits. According to Jordan Paper, “[tobacco] was used in healing practices among Native peoples in Central and South America in ways similar to their use of powerful psychoactive plants.” It is true that, smoking has taken on many forms, but it

Smoking tobacco and tobacco related illnesses has become the leading cause of preventable illness and premature death in the United States and around the world (Goldenberg, Danovitch, & IsHak, 2014). This directed my decision on choosing tobacco use as a topic from the Healthy People 2020 list for this promoting health assignment. In order to support my promotion and inform the reader on this subject matter I have selected an article to analyze: “Quality of Life and Smoking”. This research article is appropriate to the course objective and incorporates evidence based research, nursing informatics, and critical thinking. It also employs assessment techniques for community health needs and develops nursing

Smoking, sniffing, and chewing tobacco has been around for a long time. “The history of cigarettes, dates back to early 4000 BC in South America.” (Chicago Tribune). Smoking and or chewing took place in many types of rituals and still do today. It wasn’t until Columbus in 1492 brought tobacco leaves to Europe from the Native Americans. From here it spread over Europe and the Europeans brought it to America along with their settlements. From the 1930s to 1950s cigarettes were advertised as physician tested and approved. For example, Jackler for healio.com in the article Cigarettes were once ‘physician’ tested, approved states One of the most famous of the campaigns of this era was the “More Doctors” campaign for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company’s

Tobacco is the only legal drug that has ended up in the deaths of its many users. Other than the deaths, tobacco smoking is associated with an increased risk of ill health, and disability. The deaths are mostly from noncommunicable chronic diseases (e.g., lung cancer and cardiovascular disease) as well as communicable diseases such as tuberculosis. Each year, around 5 million people across the globe lose their lives due to direct tobacco smoking, most of them being premature deaths. These serious damages caused by tobacco smoking indicate that tobacco control must be given high priorities so as to improve the global public health.

Experts believe that during 6000 BCE the tobacco plant began growing in the Americas. In 1492, the well-known explorer - Christopher Columbus mentions tobacco in his journal when he received tobacco leaves as a gift from people that lived on the island of San Salvador. An important event in relation to tobacco trade was during 1492 when the explorers Rodrigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres, who were searching for China, came across natives who were smoking tobacco. Jerez is thought to be the first smoker outside of the Americas. He introduced tobacco to his hometown but the people that lived in his town were frightened by this activity and he was imprisoned for 7 years. When he was released smoking had become a Spanish craze (Borio, 1997). “All along the sea routes . . . wherever they had trading posts, the Portuguese began the limited planting of tobacco. Before the end of the sixteenth century they had developed these small farms to a point where they could be assured of enough tobacco to meet their personal needs, for gifts and for barter” (Brooks, 1952). According to the book “The Mighty Leaf; Tobacco through the Centuries” written by Jerome Edmund Brooks, tobacco trade had grown enormously over the centuries. Tobacco trade was occurring in the Americas and Europe and

b. Background: Tobacco were around 6,000 B.C. and was only grown in America. It was not used until Christopher Columbus had discovered it.

Cigarette smoking dates back to the early 19th century in Central America. The cigarettes were in the form of reeds and smoking tubes. People like the Mayas and the Aztecs could smoke during religious rituals. Among the

Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of death throughout the United States and many other countries. For American Indian/Alaskan Native people, recreation cigarette smoking is the number one leading cause of death among these communities. For generations, tobacco has had a strong spiritual and sacred meaning to the Native American people even before the plant became recreationally used. Tobacco is believed to make individuals and families strong and free and live a long-healthy life. Traditional tobacco is also believed to be a symbol for peace and healing (Hodge and Struthers 2016, 209). For many years, tobacco has been used in important ceremonies, as a bush medicine, and for the burial of the deceased. During these times, traditional tobacco was not used recreationally by the members of the Native communities, but recently commercial tobacco has made its way into these Native American Communities (Barnoskie et. al 2006). Compared to youth of other ethnic backgrounds, Native American youth use tobacco and drugs at a significantly higher rate (Cole et. al 2000). The media has a huge influence on tobacco use among the public, and large tobacco companies rely on the media to help sell their product. Adolescents especially can be easily influenced by the media and advertising, which is a key subject to keep in mind when helping individuals stop smoking. Using drugs and tobacco at an early age often results in a lifelong addiction, which is a contributing factor to why

“The Tobacco Control and Regulation of Tobacco Products’ Manufacturing, Packaging and Advertising” is the Lebanon’s smoking ban stated in number 174 of the law which bans smoking in enclosed public areas such as cafes, restaurants, bars, government buildings and offices. The law was signed by 126 out of 128 members of parliament in August 2011(initial ban) and the legislation was enacted in 2012. But this edict had never been applied due to weak rule of law and practically unstable country like Lebanon.