
Matthew J. Hilton
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LOCATION: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer in Modern History, University of Birmingham, England. Author of Smoking in British Popular Culture, 1800-2000.
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Smoking, the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco contains nicotine, an alkaloid that is…
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