Essay On E-Cigarette Smoking: A Cultural Perspective
Form and answer two levels of research questions for each inquiry to address your chosen topic.
Choose a “Level 1 Research Question/Writing Prompt” from both of the lists below to answer in the paper.
Compose a “Level 2 Research Question/Writing Prompt” for each kind of inquiry that provides detail, specificity, and focus to your inquiry, research, and writing.
State your research questions in your paper’s introduction.
Form the body of your paper by answering each research question and support your assertions with evidence (research).
In the conclusion of the paper, briefly review the issues, research questions, answers, and insights.
The practice of smoking dates to ancient times. It started sometime during 5000-3000 B.C. when people began cultivating tobacco (Gately, 2007, p.3-7). However, tobacco consumption was different in the earlier days as it was done not through direct inhalation. While early smokers inhaled the smoke of burning tobacco, it was coincidental or accidental. When the plant tobacco is burned in an open field, people nearby have no other way to inhale the smoke (Gately, 2007, p.3-7). The burning of tobacco was initially done as a form of shaman ritual or a religious practice among the ancient civilizations, particularly the Babylonians, the Indians, and the Chinese (Wilbert, 1987). Eventually, the Americans began consuming tobacco for a different purpose. Aside from ritualistic practice, smoking was done for pleasure or as a form of leisure (Robicsek, 1978, p.30). Tobacco was also used as a form of socializing tool. In Eastern North America, smoking tobacco was used as a bartering item and eventually signifies the sealing of a deal. Around 1612, tobacco was considered a “cash crop,” which was also known as the “brown gold” (Jordan, 2002).
