Module C: The Rise and Fall of Cigarettes

1. What could be learnt from lines 1-5?

2. What do we learn about tobacco and the development of cigarettes from the second paragraph? Mark the TWO correct answers.

3. How are cigarettes related to wars? (lines 16-18)
They:

4. Why does the writer mention that President Washington had requested countries to send tobacco to soldiers? COMPLETE THE SENTENCE (lines 16-22)
To show that tobacco:

5. Why does the writer mention the number of people dying of smoking? (lines 20-22)

6. According to lines 23-25, what are two drawbacks of smoking?

7. What is the writer’s attitude towards those who continue smoking despite being aware of its negative consequences? (lines 23-28)