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The plan for nationwide tobacco standardization is initiated.
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Prices fluctuate frequently
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Pope Benedict XIII learns to smoke and repeals the Papal Bulls against smoking set by his predecessor.
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North Carolina tobacco was banned for a time in Virginia.
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The Virginia Inspection Act promoted sweeps of tobacco exports, ensuring maximum quality of the products and eliminating 'trash tobacco,' assorted filler material such as random leaves in place of tobacco.
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In this groundbreaking study, it was found that tobacco users have a greater chance of nose cancer.
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General Israel Putnam introducings smoking cigars to the United States.
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Continuing the growing trend of negative tobacco studies, Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring discovers that smoking tobacco in a pipe causes an increased risk of lip cancer.
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Benjamin Rush, a respected physician and one of the Founding Fathers, writes about the medical dangers of tobacco and claims that smoking leads to and is comparable to drunkenness.
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Tobacco begins being commercially produced and advertised in Canada.
