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tobacco timeline

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  1. In 1492 tobacco was discovered by  columbus given to by the natives
  2. In 1571 a doctor wrote a book about plants used for medicine and claimed the tobacco could cure 36 health problems
  3. During the 1600s tobacco was frequently  used as money  
  4. In 1610 sir francis bacon noted trying to quit was really hard
  5. In 1632 12 years after the mayflower landed it was illegal to smoke in public for moral beliefs
  6. In 1760 pierre lorillard make a company to make tobacco cigarettes and snuff
  7. 1826 the pure form of nicotine was discovered
  8. Samuel green stated the tobacco insecticide and could kill a man
  9. In 1913 R.J. Reynolds began to market a cigarettes called camels
  10. Thee use of cigarettes explored during war world 1 (1914-1918)
  11. 1923 camel controls 45% of the U.S. market
  12. During world war 2 cigarettes are at a all time high and are even put inside soldiers rations (1939-1945)
  13. During the 1950 more and more evidence that smoking was linked to cancer
  14. In 1953 Dr. Ernst L. finds that putting cigarette tar on the back of mice can cause tumors
  15. In 1960 was in general when most health hazards of smoking came out
  16. In 1966 health warnings on cigarette boxes started to pop up
  17. In 1971 tv ads for smoking were taken off the air in usa
  18. .in 1982 there are reports that second hand smoke may cause lung cancer