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Tobacco use is widely recognized as harmful to health, and no significant health benefits are associated with its consumption

Source: Bloomberg News March 29 2007 Research Summary Smoking among young adults has plummeted since California implemented a groundbreaking tobacco-control plan 12 years ago, according to new research from the University of California at San Diego

study) and finally, two papers of relevance to specificity of age of onset effect to cannabis, a meta-analysis of published studies on age of onset that shows another drug of abuse (tobacco) is not associated with a decreased age of onset (Myles et al.) and a study showing that ecstasy, LSD, stimulants, or sedatives did not have an effect to lower age of onset whereas cannabis use did (Barnes et al.) : Large M, Sharma S, Compton MT, Slade T, Nielssen O

Those beliefs, in turn, may lead to the initiation of smoking, at least in certain susceptible groups (e.g., weight-conscious girls)

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The Art of Curing and Fermenting Tobacco Picking a tobacco leaf is just the first step in a long journey