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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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in the winter camp at Ft. Clatsop at the mouth of the Columbia River. Gass died near

the age of 99 in 1870, the last surviving member of the expedition.

Lewis and Clark, PBS television, 1997

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."It is a culture of infinite wretchedness. Those employed in it are in a continual state of

exertion beyond the power of nature to support. Little food of any kind is raised by

them: so men and animals on these farms are ill fed, and the earth is readily

impoverished."

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Tobacco in History, p. 127

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Dolly Madison passed out samples of snuff to White House guests, and was known to

carry a lace handkerchief to wipe telltale

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tobacco grains from her nose.

Health Education, June 1987

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The first U.S. cigar factory was established in Connecticut in 1810. By 1900, tobacco

used in the form of cigars accounted for 2.0 of the 7.5 pounds of tobacco consumed

per adult in the U.S., second only to chewing tobacco's 3.5 pounds per adult.

Cigars, p. 1

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"Turks are perpetually smoking; Spaniards and Portuguese use tobacco profusely..."

Lancet, December 10, 1825, p. 392

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