The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer

by David Moyer, MD.

Chapter 4 History of tobacco in chronological order

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History of tobacco in chronological order: 1800

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"This vice brings in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid

it at once - as soon as you can name a virtue that brings in as much revenue."

Napoleon III (1808-1873), Tobacco in History, p. 191

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"British soldiers returning from Wellington's Napoleonic campaigns in the Iberian

Peninsula (1808-14) introduced cigarette smoking to England... Likewise, veterans

returning from the Crimean War (1853-56) increased cigarette smoking in Britain - a

practice soon brought to the United States by returning tourists."

Population and Development Review, June 1990, pp. 218-219

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"Although popular in England, where it had been introduced from Russia after the

Crimean War, the cigarette had been slow to take hold in America. Up until the late

1860's it was looked upon as an exotic, imported in very small quantities from

Turkey." Less than 2 million cigarettes were made in the United States in 1869,

increasing to 238 million by 1879 as use of milder bright tobacco produced a boom.

An experienced worker could hand roll 2500 a day.

Tobacco Tycoon, pp. 47-48

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Zachary Taylor (president 1849-1850) was a confirmed tobacco chewer, and visitors

said that he had perfect spitting aim, never missing the sand-filled box across his

office.

The American President, PBS television, April 2000

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Dr. R.T. Trall in 1854 reported that the United States had the highest per capita use of

tobacco in the world.

Tobacco Advertising, p. 16

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