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Smoking And The Health Of The Nation Effect of smoking, cost to the National Health Service and achieving reduced prevalence. Introduction Tobacco is a temperate crop that was first used by Indians in Central and South America as a part of religious ceremonies. It's discovery by Christopher Columbus and other European explorers of the 14th and 15th Centuries led to the development of the tobacco trade. Tobacco was first introduced to Europe from the New World at the end of 15th Century. Smoking rapidly spread as it was regarded as having medicinal value and by 17th Century, the making of tobacco was widespread throughout Europe. It was not until the 20th Century though, that smoking became a mass habit, and not until after the Second World War that the dangers of smoking were firmly established [1]. Today there are 10 3/4 million cigarette smokers in England alone, 28% of the 16+ population. There...

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