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by FixItNow on May 18th, 2006

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In which year was clinical proof published that linked smoking with cancer?

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  • by Alatea on May 18th, 2006

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    In 1670, the pioneering Dutch anatomist Kerckring described his autopsies of heavy smokers: The tongue of the cadaver is black and gives off an odor of poison; the trachea is coated with soot, like a cooking pot; the lungs are dried-out and almost friable. The corpse gives the overall impression that someone had lit a fire among the organs.

    In 1761, physician John Hill of London published a clinical study of tobacco use, concluding that snuff users are vulnerable to cancers of the nose.

    In 1821, the French Dictionnaire des Sciences Medicales mentioned "the corrosive action of tobacco on the tissues" and recommended that its medical use be severely limited and carefully supervised.

    In 1795, physician Sammuel von Soemmering of Maine wrote that cancers of the lip occur primarily among pipe smokers.

    In 1821, the French Dictionnaire des Sciences Medicales mentioned "the corrosive action of tobacco on the tissues" and recommended that its medical use be severely limited and carefully supervised.

    In 1836, Samuel Green wrote in the New England Almanack and Farmer's Friend that tobacco is "an insecticide, a poison, a filthy habit," and that it "can kill a man."

    In 1897, the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the state's total ban on the sale of cigarettes, finding smoking to be "wholly noxious and deleterious to health."

    Nearly 100 years later, a bunch of politicians and lawyers were shocked -- shocked -- to discover that smoking was bad for one's health.

    http://home.hiwaay.net/~craigg/g4c/rant-Smoke.htm

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