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To: mamelukesabre

Nope, nope and nope.

They may have done something with coffee but that history is not altogether clear.

But:
Tobacco is a plant that grows natively in North and South America. It is in the same family as the potato, pepper and the poisonous nightshade, a very deadly plant.

The seed of a tobacco plant is very small. A 1 ounce sample contains about 300,000 seeds!

It is believed that Tobacco began growing in the Americas about 6,000 B.C.!

As early as 1 B.C., American Indians began using tobacco in many different ways, such as in religious and medicinal practices.

Tobacco was believed to be a cure-all, and was used to dress wounds, as well as a pain killer. Chewing tobacco was believed to relieve the pain of a toothache!

The New World Discovered

On October 15, 1492, Christopher Columbus was offered dried tobacco leaves as a gift from the American Indians that he encountered.

http://academic.udayton.edu/health/syllabi/tobacco/history.htm


32 posted on 02/17/2011 12:40:51 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: Vendome

I think everyone knows tobacco originated in the americas, but thanks for the history lesson anyway. Are you saying you’ve never heard of turkish tobacco?


37 posted on 02/17/2011 6:28:06 AM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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