CONDENSED HISTORY OF TOBACCO. 1492: Columbus discovers tobacco. 1559: Francis Hernandez brings tobacco plants to Spain. 1565: Sir John Hawkins brings tobacco into England. 1586: Ralph Lane, first governor of Virginia, teaches Sir Walter Raleigh to smoke. 1602: Chinese begin to like smoking. 1<565: Tobacco considered prophylactic during Great Plague of .London. 1724: Pope Benedict XIII. learns joys of smoking. Revokes all papal bulls against the habit. 1848: Dill's Best.creates sensation as new tobacco accomplishment. 1853 : Wooden pipes appear on English market. 1868: First smoking apartments appear on railroads. 18 '6: Prince of Wales adjourns, with host, to stables for a smoke. Smoker,, yet in vogue. n'in t> l j fts b «> on smoking. Dill s Best has become one of the most popular l tcbaecos in New Zealand. —2
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 18 May 1929, Page 17
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