This is probably unanswerable. It was most likely curiosity after the discovery of drugs in plants over 1000 years ago.
A:An alternate explanation could be that people noticed the effect of inhaling the smoke of the tobacco plant after a fire: either from natural causes (for example, from a lightning strike) or artificial ones (the plant being used in cooking).
It was known as to cure-all!!
pipes.
Yes almost in every country & state people smoke tobacco....
No, Chaucer and other medieval people did not smoke tobacco.
As of 2021, approximately 12.4% of New Zealand's adult population smokes tobacco. This percentage has been declining steadily over the years due to public health campaigns and smoking cessation programs.
Some people smoke tobacco from a pipe because they simply enjoy it. Others may smoke pipes because they have developed an addiction to the nicotine in the tobacco.
lung cancer............... simple
Yes, many people will die as a direct result of smoking tobacco or by being exposed to the smoke produced by other people smoking tobacco.
men, people who smoke tobacco, and people who drink
The number is of people who die from the abuse of alcohol or from tobacco smoke is too high but declining significantly.
what is the worst for your health breathing in tobacco smoke or exhaust fumes
Smoke tobacco
Generally speaking, smoking tobacco cigarettes will kill you faster. Although much controvery still surrounds the safety of smoking tobacco cigarettes vs marijuana, people who smoke tobacco cigarettes generally smoke ALOT more than people who smoke marijuana (few people smoke 20 joints or bowls a day, but MANY people smoke 20 cigarettes a day). This factor alone makes smoking tobacco cigarettes MUCH more hazardous than smoking marijuana.
The Tobacco free Florida and the cancer websites have vast information on tobacco. Most places in the U.S have no smoking permitted in public places. Tobacco is deadly to smokers but also passive smoke has shown problems.