1492:- Columbus Discovers Tobacco; “Certain Dried Leaves” Are Received as Gifts, and Thrown Away
1518:- Juan De Grijalva lands in Yucatan, observes cigarette smoking by natives
1531:- Santo Domingo: European cultivation of tobacco begins.
1556-1558:- Tobacco introduced to France, Spain and Portugal.
1564-1565:- Tobacco introduced to England
1600:- Sir Walter Raleigh persuades Queen Elizabeth to try smoking.
1614:- First sale of native Virginia tobacco in England; Virginia colony enters world tobacco market, under English protection
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