Peer pressure and media are the main reason why many people smoke.
Before World War I, tobacco was smoked mostly in the form of cigars and primarily by the rich. Cigarettes were actually remnants of making cigars, were used by the less fortunate.
The number of people who smoked cigarettes exploded when tobacco companies started to mass produce. Their clientele: soldiers of World War I. This course develops the marketing after the war. Read the rest of this entry »