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The origin of tobacco can be traced back to 6000 BC, in the American continent. It was considered medicinal and used as a painkiller.Smoking cannabis can be traced back to 2000 BC, India. It is also mentioned in Atharvaveda.Cannabis smoking in the middle east was common, especially Hookah. Even women took part in it privately.Christopher Columbus played a big part in getting it to the European continent1531 - first tobacco cultivation in Europe.By 1600, tobacco became an integral part of the society as a good section started smoking.In 1560, Jean Nicot took tobacco with him to Spain from FranceIn 1571, a Spanish doctor named Nicolas Monardes, apparently “found out” tobacco could cure 36 health problems (what a joke!)In 1588, Thomas Harriet, a Virginian, said that smoking gives the daily dose of tobacco. Not surprisingly, he died of nose cancer.English King James I was one of the first to speak against smokingTobacco used as an exchange during these time. The barter system did rely on tobacco.Africa was introd