The percentage of New Yorkers smokers continues to decline.
A New York City survey indicates that 15.8 percent of adults in the city continues to smoke, or around 1 million people.
That’s about 350,000 fewer people than in 2002, when the adult smoking rate was 21.5 percent.
The New York City is currently trying to help people quit by offering free enrollment in a nicotine patch and gum program.
Health experts credit the decline to a number of factors, including higher cigarette taxes, bans on smoking in many public places, and greater awareness about the hazards of tobacco.
The patch giveaway ends this week.
Tobacco is an annual or bi-annual growing 1-3 meters tall with large sticky leaves that contain nicotine. Native to the Americas, tobacco has a long history of use as a shamanic inebriant and stimulant. It is extremely popular and well-known for its addictive potential.
Nicotiana rustica leaves.
Nicotiana rustica leaves have a nicotine content as high as 9%, whereas Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco) leaves contain about 1 to 3%
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Sumatra, Philippines, and the Eastern United States.
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines. In consumption it may be in the form of cigarettes smoking, snuffing, chewing, dipping tobacco, or snus.
