The large shimenawa or twisted rope is made from rice straw, and the white shide or zigzag streamer is made from paper
The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World
Black smokers remain more likely to die from tobacco-related causes even though they smoke fewer cigarettes per day than white Americans and attempt to quit more frequently
1 In terms of the question, is stress worse than smoking? , these figures indicate that stress can be just as harmful to health as smoking
Mortality rates (per 1,000 person-years), rate ratios, and excess deaths from lung cancer and cardiovascular disease by smoking status, Doll and Hill physician cohort study, Great Britain, 1951-1961 Attributable risk percent Mortality rate per 1,000 person-years Non-smokers 0.07 7.32 Excess deaths per 1,000 person-years among Smokers 1.37 9.51 All 0.99 8.87 Rate ratio smokers Lung cancer 19.6 95% 23% Cardiovascular disease 2.19 In calculating the attributable risk percent, the excess lung cancer deaths attributable to smoking is expressed as a percentage of all lung cancer mortality among all smokers