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  2. History of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    Tobacco had already long been used in the Americas by the time European visitors arrived and took the practice across the Atlantic, where it became popular. Eastern North American tribes have historically carried tobacco in pouches as a readily accepted trade item, as well as smoking it in pipe ceremonies , whether for sacred ceremonies or ...

  3. History of smoking - Wikipedia

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    The practice of tobacco smoking evolved as a part of the Japanese tea ceremony by employing many of the traditional objects used to burn incense for tobacco smoking. The kō-bon (the incense tray) became the tabako-bon, the incense burner evolved into a pot for tobacco embers and the incense pot became an ashtray.

  4. Tobacco in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Commercial tobacco farming began in the late eighteenth century and became an important component of the economy in countries like Mexico, Colombia, and Cuba. To maintain control over commercial tobacco production, the Spanish Crown designated specific zones for tobacco farming and established tobacco monopolies in larger countries.

  5. Smoking in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Smoking in Mexico occurs at a rate of roughly 13% of the population, [1] and Mexico is ranked 130 in the world in annual cigarette consumption — a lower per capita cigarette consumption than Argentina, Brazil, or the US.

  6. Great Recession - Wikipedia

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    Though no one knew they were in it at the time, the Great Recession had a significant economic and political impact on the United States. While the recession technically lasted from December 2007 – June 2009 (the nominal GDP trough), many important economic variables did not regain pre-recession (November or Q4 2007) levels until 2011–2016.

  7. Tobacco in the American colonies - Wikipedia

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    Due to this difficulty, the colonists lacked a source of income and food. [8] The colonists of Virginia began to grow tobacco. Tobacco brought the colonists a large source of revenue that was used to pay taxes and fines, purchase slaves, and to purchase manufactured goods from England. [9] As the colonies grew, so did their production of tobacco.

  8. Explainer-Why did Ecuador raid Mexico's Quito embassy? - AOL

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    (Reuters) - Mexico abruptly suspended bilateral relations with Ecuador in an escalating diplomatic dispute, after Ecuador's police forced their way into Mexico's Quito embassy to arrest a former ...

  9. History of nicotine marketing - Wikipedia

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    A sign asks readers (likely tobacco chewers) not to spit on the floor. Part of an anti-tuberculosis campaign by the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association.The first known nicotine advertisement in the United States was for the snuff and tobacco products and was placed in the New York daily paper in 1789.