King James I and Tobacco


While the whole world was excited about the newly discovered tobacco, there were some people unhappy with it. King James I wrote, “Smoking is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.”
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Smoking for Stress Relief


All people experience stress from time to time and they cope with it differently. For many of them cigarettes are great “helpers” which are claimed to calm down the nerves and to relax. As one of the old-time heavy smokers said, “Cigarettes are just adult pacifiers. You stick ‘em in your mouth when you get stressed.” At the same time Dr. Allen Carr, the author of Easy Way to Stop Smoking, thinks, “Smoking to relieve stress is like drinking alcohol to get sober.”
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Europeans Discover Tobacco


Tobacco was probably the first American plant introduced to Europeans. When Columbus’ ship came to America in 1492, the sailors met Arawak and Taino Indians which smoked tobacco.
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