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May 17, 2024, 3:09 AM ET (News-Medical)
Study links high social media use to increased smoking and vaping among youth
May 16, 2024, 1:39 PM ET (The Telegraph)
One hour of social media a day doubles a child's chance of smoking or vaping
smoking, the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco contains nicotine, an alkaloid that is addictive and can have both stimulating and tranquilizing psychoactive effects. The smoking of tobacco, long practiced by American Indians, was introduced to Europe by Christopher Columbus and other explorers. Smoking soon spread to other areas and today is widely practiced around the world despite medical, social, and religious arguments against it. At ...(100 of 8937 words)