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: 1900

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One 1905 cigar brand name was Rotten, with the logo in ads, "Rotten, But What's in a

Name?"

Cigar Aficionado, October 1997, p. 142

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Finnish composer and dedicated cigar smoker Jean Sibelius developed a malignant

throat tumor at age 42. After two operations, he was given a gloomy prognosis, but

went on (despite continuing the habit) to live another 49 years, dying in 1957 at age

91.

San Francisco symphony program notes (Michael Steinberg), April 14, 2000

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In the early 1900's, pioneer botanist Luther Burbank remarked that smoking is

"nothing more or less than a slow, but sure, form of lingering suicide."

Mother Jones, May-June 1996, p. 40

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A tuberculosis epidemic in 1905 indirectly contributed to a decline in chewing tobacco

use and an increase in cigarette sales. It was realized that disease could be spread

through contaminated dust aerosols (Robert Koch had discovered the tuberculosis

bacillus in 1882), and public outcry against unsanitary American spitting practices

caused the habit to become socially unacceptable.

Health Education, June 1987, p. 10

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Tobacco magnate James Buchanan Duke from the turn of the century until 1905

posted company agents at Ellis Island in New York harbor, the first stop for millions of

immigrants to the United States. Every man who entered was given a bag of free

cigarettes.

World Watch, July-August 1997, p. 21

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