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primitive form of smoking requires tools of some sort to
perform. This has resulted in a staggering variety of smoking
tools and paraphernalia from all over the world. Whether
tobacco, cannabis, opium or herbs, some form of receptacle is
required along with a source of fire to light the mixture. The
most common today is by far the cigarette, consisting of a
tightly rolled tube of paper, which is usually manufactured
industrially or rolled from loose tobacco, rolling papers which
can include a filter. Other popular smoking tools are various
pipes and cigars. A less common but increasingly popular form is
through vaporizers, which operate using hot air convection by
heating and delivering the substance without combustion; thereby
decreasing health risks to lungs.
A few other recreational drugs are smoked by smaller minorities.
Most of these substances are controlled, and some are
considerably more intoxicating than either tobacco or cannabis.
These include crack cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and PCP. A
small number of psychedelic drugs are also smoked, including DMT,
5-Meo-DMT, and Salvia divinorum.
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History
1. The tobacco revolution
2. Europe
3. The Middle East
4. East Asia
5. South Asia
6. Sub-Saharan Africa
7. Opium smoking
8. The social stigma
Physiology
1. Smoking substances
Smoking
tools and paraphernalia
Social effects
1. Public health and
crime
Smoking in culture
1. Art
2. Film
3. Literature
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