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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 4 History of tobacco in chronological order |
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| | History of tobacco in chronological order: 1800 |
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| | "This vice brings in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid |
| | it at once - as soon as you can name a virtue that brings in as much revenue." |
| | Napoleon III (1808-1873), Tobacco in History, p. 191 |
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| | "British soldiers returning from Wellington's Napoleonic campaigns in the Iberian |
| | Peninsula (1808-14) introduced cigarette smoking to England... Likewise, veterans |
| | returning from the Crimean War (1853-56) increased cigarette smoking in Britain - a |
| | practice soon brought to the United States by returning tourists." |
| | Population and Development Review, June 1990, pp. 218-219 |
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| | "Although popular in England, where it had been introduced from Russia after the |
| | Crimean War, the cigarette had been slow to take hold in America. Up until the late |
| | 1860's it was looked upon as an exotic, imported in very small quantities from |
| | Turkey." Less than 2 million cigarettes were made in the United States in 1869, |
| | increasing to 238 million by 1879 as use of milder bright tobacco produced a boom. |
| | An experienced worker could hand roll 2500 a day. |
| | Tobacco Tycoon, pp. 47-48 |
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| | Zachary Taylor (president 1849-1850) was a confirmed tobacco chewer, and visitors |
| | said that he had perfect spitting aim, never missing the sand-filled box across his |
| | office. |
| | The American President, PBS television, April 2000 |
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| | Dr. R.T. Trall in 1854 reported that the United States had the highest per capita use of |
| | tobacco in the world. |
| | Tobacco Advertising, p. 16 |
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