The Origins Of Tobacco Use?

An adjunct to Kell's video about how tobacco was first discovered to be the wonderful consumable plant that it is.

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Howto & Style

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• smoking
• pipes
• tobacco
• smoker
• history
• Aztec
• Myan

[mibgd]

Great vid....i read somewhere...although i have NO idea where...its just stuck in my head that they think a form of snuff predates smoking tobacco...granted it was more of a hallucinogen...probably mixed with god knows what....i took a anthropology course on Native Americans last semester ...and they covered tobacco use...thanks for the vid...cheers

[MahkMahkMark]

Cool. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed!

[Milverton68]

Hi Mark, very interesting. I must get that book.. is it hard to find?

Cheers,

Tim

[MahkMahkMark]

I don't believe it's hard to find. I found my copy for $6 at a used book store. It looks like it's been reprinted several times as well. Glad you enjoyed it Tim!

[SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

Howdy Mark, thank you for contributing to the discussion in such a wonderful way! I love history.

Cheers,

Kel

[MahkMahkMark]

Hey thank you Kel, for bringing up such a great topic. I love history too. It's really amazing to have a "hobby" that connects us to so many people and places from so long ago. Not many practices endure time as well as tobacco use has. Cheers!

. Mark .

[MacNutz2]

the Incas mixed a number of psycho active herbs with their tobacco, especially that used in religious ceremonies. They were also into strong alcoholic mixtures, also containing psycho active herbs.

Tobacco was, I believe, exclusive to the western hemisphere. The plants now grown around the world started in South and central America although it was used by natives in many parts of N America when Europeans arrived. It was the first cash crop from the colonies.

[TheElleRollinzShow]

super interesting vid, very informative :)

[MrJacoblee123]

Im pretty sure the olden day tobacco used by indians had many times more nicotine to produce visions or just have a powerful effect. This tobacco was a different species  that is called nicotiana rustica.

[nymphodude69]

its nice that you all (tobacco smokers) find tobacco to be so relaxing, or as you put it, "its effect'. What do you think Cannibis does? You guessed it...

[B4man75]

I thought that Iain Gately did a good job with, Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization. Well worth a read, IMO.

I would imagine that the earliest use was probably just sucking on a quid made of fresh tobacco leaves. I'm sure they recognized the value of nicotine's mild stimulant properties: mood elevation, energy, and appetite suppression.

I know they used to do double blasts of dried snuff using "Y" shaped "tooters". How cool is that?

Cheers,

Brian

[bahumutx]

Very interesting video!!

-Matthew

[Acaciavet]

Excellent Video however the last time I went in to a trance smoking was at Woodstock,and I am sure it was not an english blend. Cheers mate

[marblightsboy]

Thanks for gettin back to me man - Now I'm more interested in trying pipes. Let me know what you recommend for a beginner. I'll have to try sniffin snuff - I've only dipped/chewed it.

[TheMaligner]

@TheMaligner that = "the"

fuck the white man

[TheMaligner]

lol fuck that white man indeed, bascially, what you can take here.

good research buddy