https://youtu.be/9h-6Udx8G2o?si=kVL4tzgzET8iTjGz Tobacco has been a popular commodity for hundreds of years. In 1880, cigarettes become pass produced. Young & old, rich & poor smoked them for decades. During World War Two, they were provided to soldiers as rations, necessary supplies. In the late 1940s, Scientists and doctors began to note the effects of cigarettes. The first study linking smoking and cancer was in 1950. Multiple studies came out in the 1950s to reinforce the findings that cigarettes were dangerous. Multiple countries studied multiple smokers and nonsmokers from different backgrounds and lifestyles and found statistically significant data that those who smoked had cancer more often. The tobacco companies worried about losing their livelihood. They paid scientists to release studies that disagreed. Confirmation bias Newspapers and magazines announced the study with headlines such as, "SCIENTIST DISPUTES FINDINGS OF CANCER RISK TO SMOKERS AN...
