Psychology 2020A/B Final: Drugs and Behaviour - Exam Study Note - Tobacco Unit
9 Jan 2012
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Europeans saw natives light leafy rolls on fire and smoke them drinking smoke/perfuming . Mid 1500 s european explorers brought tobacco back to europe. Pinches of it were taken from ornate snuff boxes (high class) or anatomical snuff box of left wrist (low class) Plugs (shredded mixed with molasses into a cube) Usa rolled tobacco (cigars and then cigarettes) Contributed to the rise in popularity in cigarettes. Refuted claims of medical benefits to smoking and second hand smoke. Catholics ; because sneezing from tobacco use closely resembled sexual ecstacy. Prohibited smoking in the empire roamed the streets himself anyone found smoking was beheaded, drawn and quartered soldiers caught smoking only had their hands and feet crushed. Band was lifted in mid 1600 s by his successor and tobacco became one of the four cushions on the sofa of pleasure (c,w,o +t) Banned smoking slitting nostrils for first time offenders and execution for a second time.
