In all of human history, smoking has never dropped that fast
Thus, the increasing reliance on slaves in the tobacco coloniesand the draconian laws instituted to control themnot only helped planters meet labor demands, but also served to assuage English fears of further uprisings and alleviate class tensions between rich and poor whites
But theres another, often-forgotten factor that helped cigarettes conquer the world: technology
In order to be able to account for the potential impacts of subclinical cerebrovascular disease, we used FLAIR images (checking T 1 - and T 2 -weighted images when necessary) to obtain each subject's Fazekas score, a standardized visual rating scale that provides a measure of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) load
Atlanta (GA): US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health