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History of tobacco

  • Maya's
    300

    Maya's

    Pictures of Maya's historic stones and tombs in the mounds in the northern Ohio area and pipe paintings are common.
  • Period: 300 to

    History of tobacco

  • Hookah
    1400

    Hookah

    In the 15th Century, the Indians used coconuts in cannabis by wearing reeds, then spread in Iran and then started to be used by the Middle East and the Ottomans.
  • Christopher Columbus and Discovery of America
    1492

    Christopher Columbus and Discovery of America

    Tobacco was not yet recognized in Europe on this date. Columbus had not given importance to the dried tobacco leaves that were presented to him. The Tobacco, the name of the reed pipe that the Colombian people smoked tobacco, gave to the plant. Thus the scientific name "Nicotiana Tobaccum" was born.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1500

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Later, Vespucci, Magellan, Cortez and his team, who traveled to America, drank tobacco as locals and became addicted to it for a long time. In their return, they brought the tobacco plant to Europe.
  • V. Karl (Shirken)
    1518

    V. Karl (Shirken)

    The bishop named Romano Pane presented the tobacco seed in 1518, and presented it to Shirken, and started to produce tobacco in Spain.
  • Jean Nicot
    1560

    Jean Nicot

    Tobacco began to be raised in France in 1560 by Jean Nicot, who gave him the name nicotine.
  • Nicolas Monardes
    1571

    Nicolas Monardes

    The Spanish physician Nicolas Monardes "proved" that in 1571, the tobacco was healing for exactly 36 diseases.
  • The church was forbidding tobacco
    1575

    The church was forbidding tobacco

    In 1575, the use of tobacco in Spanish and American churches was forbidden.
  • Tobacco coming to Ottoman Empire

    Tobacco coming to Ottoman Empire

    From the beginning of the 1600's, tobacco reached the Ottoman Empire through sea trade.
  • University of Oxford

    University of Oxford

    In 1605, a philosophical meeting was held at the University of Oxford, attended by the king. The King himself also spoke and argued that the tobacco was not found in the civilized countries, that it was barbaric. Dr. Cheynell, a professor at the university, told us about the benefits of tobacco among the laughter by taking a chair with a pipe in his mouth.
  • Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648)

    Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648)

    Thirty Years' War was a major factor in the spread of tobacco.
  • The Swedes met tobacco

    The Swedes met tobacco

    The Swedes learned tobacco by participating in the Thirty Years War.
  • Firman of Murad IV on prohibition of tobacco

    Firman of Murad IV on prohibition of tobacco

    Agriculture, trade and drinking of tobacco, which hinders the work of the people, destroys their profits and causes various evils, is prohibited.
  • Tsarist Russia forbade tobacco

    Tsarist Russia forbade tobacco

    The tobacco smokers were nose-biting, whipping, their goods being confiscated.
  • Snuffing in the Ottoman Empire

    Snuffing in the Ottoman Empire

    Prohibitions brought to tobacco IV. It was continued until 1646 by Sultan Mehmet. During the prohibition period, the use of snuff due to tobacco smoking was increased.
  • The German Empire forbade tobacco

    The German Empire forbade tobacco

    After the Thirty Years War, the forbidden period came. Tobacco is prohibited in the majority of German cities. Penalties were introduced for the sale and use outside the pharmacy.
  • The Revolution of 1848

    The Revolution of 1848

    The Revolution of 1848, which encompassed all of Europe, also brought tobacco freedom.
  • Berlin in 1848

    Berlin in 1848

    On March 25, 1848, the tobacco smoking ban was lifted in Berlin, "in the city center and around the streets, where there is no danger of fire."
  • Crimean War

    Crimean War

    The Crimean War of 1853 was the biggest factor in the spread of cigarette smoking.
    In Crimea, Britain, France and Ottoman armies created an environment where they consumed cigarettes for the first time. After the war, smoking habits spread and many states began paying attention to the use of good tobacco and cigarette paper to compete with cigars.
  • Ottoman Empire

    Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire, which imported tobacco on a single line, later monopolized the local tobacco plantation by prohibiting imports.
  • The first cigarette factory in the World

    The first cigarette factory in the World

    Founded in 1881 in England, the cigarette factory is the first cigarette factory in the world.
  • The first cigarette factory in Ottoman Empire

    The first cigarette factory in Ottoman Empire

    Samsun Cigarette Factory was established in Samsun with the cooperation of the French Regie company on the grounds that the Ottoman Government prohibited tobacco imports.
  • World War 1

    World War 1

    When the First World War began, cigarettes were among the primary military needs.
  • Republic of Turkey

    Republic of Turkey

    Since 1923, tobacco purchases, tobacco, cigarette making and selling have been in the hands of the state.
  • The architecture of the consumer society: Edward Bernays

    The architecture of the consumer society: Edward Bernays

    Bernays hired a bunch of women to join the Easter holiday show in New York.
    Bernays' plan was: At an appropriate moment, everything would stand and the women at the show would burn cigarettes at the same time. Then, the photographers hired by Bernays had this eye-catching snapshot and these photos were sent to major national newspapers.
  • Cigars were produced for the first time in Turkey

    Cigars were produced for the first time in Turkey

    In 1933 it was decided to produce cigars.
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    That slogan was a known slogan of World War II: "We need tobacco as much as bullets."
  • The first filter cigarettes in Turkey: Samsun

    The first filter cigarettes in Turkey: Samsun

    In the first filter cigarettes sold in Turkey in 1959 it was removed Samsun.
  • The first long-filter cigarettes in Turkey: Maltepe

    The first long-filter cigarettes in Turkey: Maltepe

    As the first cigarette with long filter, long Maltepe was removed on 23 October 1971.
  • Warnings

    Warnings

    "DISCLAIMER: SMOKING DAMAGE." was written on cigarette packs.
  • Smoking is prohibited on flights

    Smoking is prohibited on flights

    No one will smoke on flights belonging to Turkish Airlines.
  • Cigarette warning posts

    Cigarette warning posts

    Mandatory legal health warnings on cigarette packs from 01 January 2006. the warnings will cover 30% of the front face of the package and 40% of the back face.
  • The application area of ​​smoking ban has been expanded

    The application area of ​​smoking ban has been expanded

    Smoking is prohibited in all public places.
  • Smoking Cessation Counseling Hotline

    Smoking Cessation Counseling Hotline

    On October 27, 2010, 'ALO 171 Smoking Cessation Hotline' has been activated. On January 7, 2011, the Constitutional Court issued a historic decision for the continuation of Law No. 4207, and on February 1, 2011, smoking cessation drugs began to be distributed free of charge to the ministry.