10-22-2010, 12:00 AM
My grandpa is Spanish, possibly some native American too...
Question:
When did cigerettes first become invented? Also how did smoking start,was it with the Native Americans?
Answer:
According to The Times, Guardian, BBC Online, FOREST, Tobacco.org "Tobacco in its original state is native only to the Americas, and began growing in 6000 BC." Please see an excerpt from that website:
1493 AD Rodrigo de Jerez became the first European smoker in history. One of Christopher Columbus' fellow explorers, he took his first puff of the New World's version of the cigar in Cuba. When he returned home he made the mistake of lighting up in public and was thrown into prison for three years by the Spanish Inquisition - becoming the world's first victim of the anti-smoking lobby!
1000 BC People start using the leaves of the tobacco plant for smoking and chewing. How and why tobacco was first used in the Americas no one knows. The first users are thought to have been the Mayan civilizations of Central America. Its use was gradually adopted throughout the nations of Central and most of North and South America.
6000 BC Tobacco starts growing in the Americas. Tobacco in its original state is native only to the Americas.Sources: The Times, Guardian, BBC Online, tobacco.org, FOREST
Question:
When did cigerettes first become invented? Also how did smoking start,was it with the Native Americans?
Answer:
According to The Times, Guardian, BBC Online, FOREST, Tobacco.org "Tobacco in its original state is native only to the Americas, and began growing in 6000 BC." Please see an excerpt from that website:
1493 AD Rodrigo de Jerez became the first European smoker in history. One of Christopher Columbus' fellow explorers, he took his first puff of the New World's version of the cigar in Cuba. When he returned home he made the mistake of lighting up in public and was thrown into prison for three years by the Spanish Inquisition - becoming the world's first victim of the anti-smoking lobby!
1000 BC People start using the leaves of the tobacco plant for smoking and chewing. How and why tobacco was first used in the Americas no one knows. The first users are thought to have been the Mayan civilizations of Central America. Its use was gradually adopted throughout the nations of Central and most of North and South America.
6000 BC Tobacco starts growing in the Americas. Tobacco in its original state is native only to the Americas.Sources: The Times, Guardian, BBC Online, tobacco.org, FOREST