Evolution of Smoking: from Cigarettes to the Electronic Cigarette

The history of cigarette smoking is a lot more than just the story of tobacco farming for smoking, sniffing and chewing. It reveals an amazing journey through shifting tastes and styles, disparities in cultural position and various stages of trading and politics. Almost all culture and tribes in recorded human history has smoked this herbaceous plant, whether for medicinal purposes, for pleasure or part of a ritual ceremony. This cool timeline chronicles the origin and evolution of cigarette smoking—from its ancient discovery to tobacco-free electronic vapor cigarettes.