PS268 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Nicotiana Rustica, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Smokeless Tobacco
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The aboriginal peoples here were using tobacco. Columbus recorded that the people of san salvador presented him with tobacco leaves on october 12,1492. Inhaling smoke was called drinking: you either took (used snuff) or drank (smoked) tobacco. Rodrigo de jerez, introduced tobacco drinking to europe. Used for persistent headaches, cold or catarrh, and abscesses and sores on the head. Jean nicot: successful in curing the migraine headaches of catherine de medici, queen of henry ii of france, called the herbe sainte, holy plant, and the herbe a tous les maux, the plant against all evils . When a pair of french chemists isolated the active ingredient in 1828 they called it nicotine. Dr. william vaughn predicted adverse effects on reproductive functioning in men and women. Was gradually removed tobacco from the doctor"s black bag, and nicotine was dropped from the united states. The spanish had a monopoly on its production for more than a hundred years: nicotiana rustica.
