Smoking in China: from 'herb that makes you forget your worr

Smoking in China: from 'herb that makes you forget your worries' to 'poisonous weed' in the span of a few decades, and the 300 million still lighting up there over 300 years later

Tobacco reached China from the Philippines in the 16th century and quickly caught on. At first its health benefits were touted, but soon came warnings of its ill-effects, and in 1639 a ban.

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