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We all know that smoking is bad for the heart. But what about inhaling second-hand smoke by non-smokers, especially children? A new study examining the effects of second-hand tobacco smoke on the health of toddlers and teens has revealed that the chronic exposure elevates the children’s risk of developing heart disease later in life.

While in the New World, especially in the Mayan civilization, tobacco was considered a sacred substance of the Gods, in Spain of the 17th century is was not welcomed at all. By Order of Pope Urban VIII, excommunication was a punishment for smoking or snuffing tobacco in any Christian church of Spain. Pope Innocent X banned using tobacco snuffs in the Basilica of St. Peter in 1650.