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"We found a man in a canoe going from Santa Maria to Fernandia. He had with him…some dried leaves which are in high value among them, for a quantity of it was brought to me at San Salvador ". Christopher Columbus' Journal, 15 October 1492. ________________________ "There is a herb which is sowed apart by itself and is called by the inhabitants Uppowoc . In the West Indies it hath diverse names, according to the several places and countries where it groweth and is used: the Spaniards generally call it Tabacco ." Thomas Hariot, "A Brief and True Account of the New Found Land of Virginia ", 1588. ________________________ Tobacco has been smoked for at least the last three thousand years. Christopher Columbus found it when he landed in the Americas in 1492, but ancient temple carvings show tobacco being smoked in South & Central America as long ago as 1,000 BC. Ever since it arrived in Europe in the late 15 th century, tobacco has divided opinion, sparked controversy, and generated substantial revenue through tax. Not long after it reached Europe , it was being described in terms ranging from "vile custom of manifold abuses" and "feast for the fiend" to "the divine herb" and "cornucopia of all earthly pleasure". Tobacco has periodically been subject to royal disapprovals, the whims of fashionable use, medicinal studies, smuggling, trade disputes, and bans. In this section we offer a brief snapshot of the long and fascinating history of this enduring product, smoked by roughly one billion adult consumers around the world today.
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