In the early days when people smoked grass, some people said that smoking could prevent plague. 1665 During the Great Plague in London, smoking was used as an epidemic prevention measure. During the cholera epidemic in Hamburg, none of the workers in the tobacco factory in the city got sick. However, on the other hand, the power against smoking is also very strong. As early as 1602, the death of the Archbishop of London shocked the world, because he was a heavy smoker, and people thought he died of smoking. So King James I of England launched a campaign to ban smoking and personally wrote a proclamation of "strongly protesting tobacco". Subsequently, many countries in the world promulgated laws and regulations prohibiting the cultivation, sale and smoking of pasture. 1639, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty in China also banned smoking, and offenders were punished by flogging. However, for hundreds of years, both sides of the debate have lacked rigorous science. So, go ahead, listen, ban and smoke.
Academically speaking, it was Somnering in Germany from 65438 to 0795 who first put forward the paper that smoking is harmful to health. He thinks that people who smoke pipes are prone to lip tumors. Modern smoking and health problems can be traced back to 1900. Some epidemiologists have found that the number of lung cancer patients is increasing year by year according to the investigation of human epidemics. Therefore, people pay attention to the relationship between smoking and health. However, the worldwide attention should be attributed to the report "Smoking and Health" published by the British Royal Medical Association 1950 and the American Medical Service Department 1964, which summarized the epidemiological research, tobacco consumption trend, tobacco chemical composition and its carcinogenicity, and the influence of smoking on experimental animals. According to the pathological mechanism of smoking on people and animals, it is clearly pointed out that smoking is harmful to human health, especially closely related to lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, the World Congress on Smoking and Health was first held in new york in 1967. 1980, the World Health Organization put forward the slogan "Choose smoking or health" and designated this year as the "year of no smoking". 1987, the General Assembly of the United Nations World Health Organization made a resolution to designate April 7th 1988, the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the World Health Organization, as the first "World No Tobacco Day". Starting from 1989, the "World No Tobacco Day" is set on the day before International Children's Day, that is, May 3 1 day. 1996, the 49th World Health Assembly was held in Geneva, and the first comprehensive report on world smoking, Beware of Tobacco, was published. The report pointed out: "Cigarettes kill one person every 10, and it is estimated that 3 million people worldwide die from smoking every year. If the current growth rate of tobacco consumption is maintained, by 20 10, the number of deaths per year may reach 10 million, and 70% of the victims are in developing countries. " The General Assembly adopted a series of resolutions, demanding that all countries implement the "overall smoking ban plan": gradually ban cigarette advertisements; Increase tobacco tax; Strengthen the protection of non-smokers in public places; Reduce the influence of passive smoking on children and so on. 1997, the 10 world anti-smoking conference was held in Beijing.
At present, it has become common sense that smoking is harmful to health. I believe that with the passage of time, tobacco will be farther and farther away from people.