Chapter 4 History of tobacco in chronological order

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History of tobacco in chronological order: Before 1500

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In 1499, the explorer Amerigo Vespucci reported Indians in Venezuela chewing a

"green herb like cattle to such an extent that they scarcely talk." This was probably

tobacco mixed with hallucinogenic coca leaves.

Health Education, June 1987, p. 6

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At an 8000 year old Stone Age archeologic site in Nambia, Africa, a sort of stone

pipe was found. A previously type of unknown, "indigenous" wild tobacco was

discovered in this area in 1965, "nicotiana africana."

Reported by Paul Nordgram, National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm,

Sweden

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The tobacco plant (genus Nicotiana) is one of the divisions of the nightshade plant

family, which also includes the potato and the pepper. Species of the genus Nicotiana

are native to North and South America, Australia and the Pacific, but not to Europe,

Asia, or Africa.

Tobacco in History, p. 3

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By the 1st century B.C., the Mayans smoked tobacco in religious ceremonies;

tobacco use appears in Mayan stone carvings.

Smoke and Mirrors, p. 29

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The Aztecs regarded tobacco as holy substance, believing that the body of their chief

goddess Cihuacoahuatl was composed of tobacco.

Health Education, June 1987, p.6

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