did people used to snort tobacco Historical use of snuff as a luxury item in the 18th and 19th centuries Not to be sniffed at:

The public relations man, Edward Bernays, is credited with having popularized cigarettes among women in the late 1920s by hiring models to smoke Lucky Strike Green during the Easter Parade, and he was joined by the advertising mogul, Albert Lasker, who was one of the earliest advertising men to study psychology and its influence in advertising and helped greatly popularized smoking among women

CONCLUSIONS This study provides a comprehensive overview of the changes in the tobacco market from 2007 to 2021 and the variations in market trends across different income levels and countries

Opposing effects of an atypical glycinergic and substance P transmission on interpeduncular nucleus plasticity

Those who smoke cigarettes immediately lose brain receptors

PMID 15466070

It says: tobacco use contributes to poverty, as illnesses caused by tobacco lead to increased health care spending and reduced income