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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: 1900 |
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| | One 1905 cigar brand name was Rotten, with the logo in ads, "Rotten, But What's in a |
| | Name?" |
| | Cigar Aficionado, October 1997, p. 142 |
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| | Finnish composer and dedicated cigar smoker Jean Sibelius developed a malignant |
| | throat tumor at age 42. After two operations, he was given a gloomy prognosis, but |
| | went on (despite continuing the habit) to live another 49 years, dying in 1957 at age |
| | 91. |
| | San Francisco symphony program notes (Michael Steinberg), April 14, 2000 |
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| | In the early 1900's, pioneer botanist Luther Burbank remarked that smoking is |
| | "nothing more or less than a slow, but sure, form of lingering suicide." |
| | Mother Jones, May-June 1996, p. 40 |
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| | A tuberculosis epidemic in 1905 indirectly contributed to a decline in chewing tobacco |
| | use and an increase in cigarette sales. It was realized that disease could be spread |
| | through contaminated dust aerosols (Robert Koch had discovered the tuberculosis |
| | bacillus in 1882), and public outcry against unsanitary American spitting practices |
| | caused the habit to become socially unacceptable. |
| | Health Education, June 1987, p. 10 |
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| | Tobacco magnate James Buchanan Duke from the turn of the century until 1905 |
| | posted company agents at Ellis Island in New York harbor, the first stop for millions of |
| | immigrants to the United States. Every man who entered was given a bag of free |
| | cigarettes. |
| | World Watch, July-August 1997, p. 21 |
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