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Jan 1, 1400
tobacco first discovered
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Dec 16, 1400
Christopher Columbus introudced tobacco to europe
Christopher Columbus brought a few tobacco leaves and seeds with him back to Europe. Europeans didn't get their first taste of tobacco until the mid-16th century, when adventurers and diplomats like France's Jean Nicot -- for whom nicotine is named -- began to popularize its use. -
Dec 16, 1556
tobacco was introduced to france
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first successful commercial crop was cultivated
The first successful commercial crop was cultivated in Virginia in 1612 by Englishman John Rolfe -
Virginian tobacco planters were in debt
By 1760, many Virginian tobacco planters were in debt to Great Britain because of taxes -
cigar beacme popular
the tobacco industry continued to flourish. The cigar became popular. -
cigret machine invented
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smoking bannded in austin
smoking was banned in Boston because it posed
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Buck Duke produced 744 million cigarettes
In 1884, Buck Duke produced 744 million cigarettes and undercut the prices of other tobacco companies -
tobacco was listed as a drug
In 1890, tobacco was included in the government’s official listing of drugs. -
banned trading of cuban cigars
In 1917, the Trading With The Enemy Act was established, which prohibited importing Cuban cigars. -
America’s tobacco companies were convicted
n 1941 in Kentucky, America’s tobacco companies were convicted of price fixing and monopolizing. -
Washington, Iowa, Tennessee, and North Dakota outlawed cigret sales
in 1900,
Washington, Iowa, Tennessee, and North Dakota outlawed the sale of cigarettes. -
Black Patch act
In 1904, a group of
growers known as the Tobacco Night Riders began committing violent acts, known as the Black Patch
War, in protest of the low prices -
charges filed aginst American tobacco company
Antitrust charges were filed against the American Tobacco Company in 1907.