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Natives start finding ways of using tobacco including chewing on the leaves or wrapping them and smoking them
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While in the Bahamas, Columbus is given "Certain Dried Leaves" as a gift from native americans
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While in Cuba searching for the Khan of Cathay, Jerez finds out that the natives wrap the tobacco and smoke it.
He takes this habit home but does not get the reaction he expected.
Due to the smoke coming out of his facial orifices, people suspected he had been possessed by the devil and locked him in prison for 7 years -
While in Yucatan, Grialva observes natives smoking cigarettes
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"Tobacco" by Anthony Chute is created in England
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Settlers in Virginia find out that other crops are not as profitable as tobacco so Virginia decides to trade 1,500,000lbs to England each year
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While fighting England for independence, tobacco becomes one of America's main sources of funding and motivation.
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John Hill reports that snuff may cause nasal cancer
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Lung cancer is not a huge epidemic yet with only 140 cases of it
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Selling or giving a cigarette to a minor has been outlawed in some states. In some states, a minor could be as old as 24
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Washington bans/outlaws the use or sale of cigarettes entirely.
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Iowa, Tennessee and North Dakota all outlaw the use or sale of cigarettes just as Washington did.
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Tobacco does no show up in the official government listing of drugs
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Smoking is banned inside the US Senate due to him complaining about "irritated lungs"
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"15 states have banned the sale, manufacture, possession, advertising and/or use of cigarettes."
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CBS airs the first ever TV News segment talking about the dangers of cigarettes and smoking
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The FDA orders all commercials for cigarettes be taken down or not aired. This accounted for TV as well as Radio stations
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Smoking is declared illegal on domestic flights
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The Motion Picture Association of America says that smoking in a film could potentially affect its parental rating.
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Borio, Gene. “Tobacco.org.” Tobacco Timeline, archive.tobacco.org/History/Tobacco_History.html#1book. Lawler, David. “From Marlboro Man to Smoking Ban: a Timeline of Tobacco in America.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 14 Nov. 2014, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11230175/From-Marlboro-Man-to-smoking-ban-a-timeline-of-tobacco-in-America.html.
