- 20 Apr 2024 16:42
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Back then, it was the flowers that were harvested, not the leaf. The switch to leaf was to make more money.
If you read the history of tobacco, the descriptions of it are nothing like the modern product.
I am not advocating the use of tobacco, partly because I was once addicted to it. I started smoking at 13.. But I have long wanted to try smoking the flowers.
Tainari88 wrote:
It is a sad tale. The interesting thing though is they gave something to the Spanish that was very bad for their health. Tobbacco. All of Europe got addicted to smoking it. And it caused cancer of the lung in millions since 1493. The Tainos and Caribs would smoke it for ritual purposes and exchanges. Along with hurricanes, barbeque and so on its origins are with the Tainos and Caribs of the Caribbean islands. Yuracán was the name of the Angry God that visited the islands when his people were not respecting his authority as they should have done. Yuracán became Hurricane in English.
Back then, it was the flowers that were harvested, not the leaf. The switch to leaf was to make more money.
If you read the history of tobacco, the descriptions of it are nothing like the modern product.
I am not advocating the use of tobacco, partly because I was once addicted to it. I started smoking at 13.. But I have long wanted to try smoking the flowers.
Facts have a well known liberal bias