The History And Facts About Nicotine And Tobacco

Part I of Essay
So you think you want to start smoking? Before I go into teens and smoking, I thought I’d tell you a little about the history and other important facts about nicotine and tobacco. Nicotine is the prime alkaloid of tobacco. It is a plant belonging to the genus Nicotina. ....

Part II of Essay
.... to 100,000 pounds of tobacco a year! At this rate, the figure of tobacco got to be as high as 100 million pounds by the time of the American Revolution. In the 17th century, cultivating tobacco became the most important industry of the Virginia and Maryland colonies. Sometime later it became the major industry in North Carolina. “The first of the tobacco manufacturers to mass-produce cigarettes was Washington, Duke and Sons of Durham, North Carolina (Theodore, 77).” Tobacco is a highly addictive drug. This makes it very hard for hea ....