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Europe and Middle East

1 The History of Tobacco
Americas UK First Report 1962 2000 1901 UK Imperial Tobacco
of the British Company and British
Royal College of American Tobacco
Physicians of founded
“In ancient times, when the land was
barren and the people were starving, the Asia USA Surgeons 1964
2000 1994 USA CEOs of
cigarette companies
London Smoking
1950s China State and Health 1840 France Frederic
Great Spirit sent forth a woman to save General’s Report testify before
humanity. As she travelled over the world monopoly takes Chopin’s mistress,
determines that Congress that it is the Baroness de
everywhere her right hand touched the 2000 control of the smoking causes their opinion that 1900
UK First major 1950 Dudevant, became
soil, there grew potatoes. And everywhere tobacco business lung cancer in men nicotine is not
and foreign reports on the first woman to
her left hand touched the soil, there grew addictive
companies had smoking (Doll smoke in public
corn. And in the place where she had sat, USA Reader’s Digest 1953
to leave 1900 and Hill)
there grew tobacco.” Huron Indian myth publishes Cancer by 1913 USA Birth of the 1833 UK Phosphorus
the Carton article “modern” cigarette: Germany friction matches
“The Spaniards upon their journey met 1900 China almost 1795
RJ Reynolds Sammuel Thomas introduced on
with great multitudes of people, men and 1900 entirely USA Major report 1950 introduces the 1800
Japan First major 1981 penetrated by von Soemmering commercial scale,
women with firebrands in their hands and on smoking (Wynder Camel brand
report on dangers of foreign tobacco reports cancers making smoking
herbs to smoke after their custom.” and Graham)
passive smoking companies of the lip in pipe more convenient
Christopher Columbus’ journal, 1881 USA Invention of
(Hirayama) 1939 smokers
6 November 1492 USA First link 1800 cigarette machine
1858 China Treaty of c.1710 Russia Peter the
between smoking England First 1761 Great encourages
“Smoking is a custom loathsome to the China Philosopher 1600s Tianjin allows and lung cancer 1800 Canada study of effects his courtiers to
eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the Fang Yizhi points cigarettes to be
1800 (Ochsner) Tobacco first grown of tobacco (John 1700 smoke tobacco and
brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the out long years of imported into
smoking “scorches commercially Hill); snuff users drink coffee, seen as
black, stinking fume thereof nearest China duty-free USA First federal 1862
one’s lung” warned they risk fashionable and
resembling the horrible Stygian smoke tobacco tax 1612 Americas
1603 Japan Use of nasal cancers pro-European
of the pit that is bottomless.” introduced to help Tobacco first grown
tobacco well- 1700
James I of England finance Civil War commercially
A Counterblaste to Tobacco 1604 established 1614 England 7000
tobacco shops open
1531 Santo Domingo Turkey Death 1633 with first sale of
“I say, if you can’t 1700 1600 India Tobacco 1600
European settlers penalty for Virginia tobacco
send money, send tobacco.” introduced begin tobacco smoking
first US President George Washington’s cultivation
request to help finance 1530–China 1566 France Jacques
1600 Tobacco 1600 England 1604 Nicot sends snuff to
the American Civil War, 1776 1492 Cuba Columbus
introduced via King James I Queen Catherine de
discovers tobacco writes Medici to treat her
Japan or the smoking and takes A Counterblaste migraine
Within 150 years of Columbus’s 1600 Philippines it to Europe to Tobacco 1500
finding “strange leaves” in the 1558 Europe Tobacco
circa Indigenous plant brought to
New World, tobacco was being 1BC Americans begin Europe. Attempts
used around the globe. Its rapid 1500 smoking and using at cultivation fail
spread and widespread acceptance
tobacco enemas Africa Early Middle East
characterise the addiction to the 6000 Americas First 1500s Tobacco first
BC cultivation of the introduced
plant Nicotina tobacum. Only the Oceania tobacco plant when the Turks took
mode of delivery has changed. In it to Egypt
2000
the 18th century, snuff held sway; Africa provides 2002
global leadership in
the 19th century was the age of drafting a WHO
2000
the cigar; the 20th century saw Framework
Convention on
the rise of the manufactured Australia Victoria 1987 Tobacco Control
first place to use
cigarette, and with it a greatly tobacco tax to
1700s Africa-US African
South Africa 1993 slaves initially used
increased number of smokers. establish health passes Tobacco to work in tobacco
foundation to 1700
At the beginning of the 21st counter tobacco
Products Control fields, not on cotton
Amendment Act plantations
century about one third of adults 1800
in the world, including increasing 1650s South Africa
1788 Australia European settlers
numbers of women, used tobacco. Tobacco arrives grow tobacco and use
Despite thousands of studies with the First it as a form of
Fleet 1600 currency
showing that tobacco in all its
forms kills its users, and smoking 1700 1769 New Zealand 1560 Africa Portuguese
Captain James and Spaniards ship
cigarettes kills non-users, people Cook arrives tobacco to East
continue to smoke, and deaths smoking a pipe, Africa, where it
and is promptly spread to Central and
from tobacco use continue to doused in case West Africa
increase. he is a demon

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