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In this video, we take a look at when smoking was introduced to Europe. Colombus brought tobacco back to Spain when he discovered the New World but blowing out smoke from your mouth was not seen as natural and soon aroused suspicion.
Through the coming centuries, smoking was adopted by the population and came to be regarded as a medicine of sorts, incorporating it into the Humoral theory and Miasma Theory of the time. it wouldn't be until the 20th century that the true harmfulness of smoking was uncovered.
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/smoking-tobacco/A-social-and-cultural-history-of-smoking
https://tobaccofreelife.org/tobacco/tobacco-history/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_smoking#Europe
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2038856/