History of smoking
By Philip Chua
Cebu Daily News
8:32 am | Monday, October 3rd, 2011
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THE INTERESTING history of smoking tells us a lot about man, about ourselves as a people, as a nation, and about human beings on planet Earth in general.
The original form of tobacco was native only to the Americas, which they started growing as early as 6000 BC, but it was in 1000 BC when people started chewing and smoking tobacco. The first recorded smoker in Europe was Rodrigo de Jerez in 1493 AD, a fellow explorer of Christopher Columbus, who enjoyed the New World version of the Cuban cigar. When de Jerez returned home and smoked in public, he was jailed for three years by the Spanish Inquisition, the first victim of the anti-smoking law at the time.
Obviously, the Spanish people then were much ahead of their time (more than 3000 plus years ahead of us today) in the campaign against the killer tobacco.
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Quezon City - 'Smoke-Free' Task force
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Quezon City Forms 'Smoke-Free' Task Force
By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
November 9, 2010, 6:09pm
MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City government has created a “smoke-free” task force to ensure full public compliance in the city’s intensified campaign on health consciousness and drive against smoking in public places.
Mayor Herbert Bautista said the task force will monitor public places and conveyances, buildings, both public and private, and other public places in order to protect the public from the ill-effects of tobacco substances.
On June 23, 2003, the National Government enacted Republic Act No. 9211, otherwise known as the Tobacco Regulations Act, with the intention of regulating the packing, use, distribution and advertisement of tobacco products and for other purposes.
Quezon City Forms 'Smoke-Free' Task Force
By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
November 9, 2010, 6:09pm
MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City government has created a “smoke-free” task force to ensure full public compliance in the city’s intensified campaign on health consciousness and drive against smoking in public places.
Mayor Herbert Bautista said the task force will monitor public places and conveyances, buildings, both public and private, and other public places in order to protect the public from the ill-effects of tobacco substances.
On June 23, 2003, the National Government enacted Republic Act No. 9211, otherwise known as the Tobacco Regulations Act, with the intention of regulating the packing, use, distribution and advertisement of tobacco products and for other purposes.
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