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ShareTobacco smoking is the act of smoking tobacco products, especially cigarettes and cigars.
The practice of smoking tobacco originated among Native Americans in eastern North America, where tobacco is native.
For more information about the topic Tobacco smoking, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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