The History of Smoking explores all the details of smoking starting at its roots and moving forward to the health risks we know today accompany a smoking habit. Beginning with information regarding the start of tobacco use among the Native Americans and their shamans, and how the practice later spread around Europe. Also included is an in-depth investigation on the influence England had over smoking and the tobacco trade within Europe. The book explores the rise of the tobacco industry, from the first smoking campaigns which featured doctors, dentists, athletes, and celebrities touting the health benefits of smoking to the Surgeon General’s reports and true detrimental health effects of smoking.