CRT - Tobacco University Latest Update Graded A+

CRT - Tobacco University Latest Update Graded A+ 1492 Columbus discovers tobacco in Cuba Pre-Columbian Evidence of tobacco use in Patagonia from 7K years prior Arawak Indians Emigrated from SA to Cuba and brought tobacco seeds with them Tainos Descendants of Arawaks -- showed Spaniards the growing/processing of tobacco 1518 Hernan Cortez brings seeds back to King Charles V 1520 Spanish settlers in Cuba cultivate tobacco for personal use 1602 Pipe smoking reaches Europe, China, India, and Japan 1612 Jamestown settlers cultivate tobacco - John Rolfe first to grow tobacco commercially for export 1676 the "Cigar" is born in Sevilla Spain 1700s Cigar factories sprout up all across Europe 1817 King Ferdinand VII made the production/sale of tobacco a legal endeavor in Cuba -Cigar production had been illegal for taxation and control purposes 1827 Don Jaime Partagas establishes Flor de Tobacos Partages y Compania 1830s Beginning of cigar bands 1850 Dutch merchants Gustave Bock marks his cigars with a paper band 1920s Cigar rolling machine is introduced in America 1959 Cuban Revolution instigates an exodus of Cuban cigar makers to Canary islands, DR, Central America, and US Indian Medicinal Use of Tobacco for: -Religious purposes -Healing open wounds -Toothaches and headaches -Reduced hunger/increased alertness Alkaloid Nicotine - produces physiological effects Biphasic Nicotine effects mental alertness and physical relaxation (contradictory effects) Nicotine protects against: -Alzheimers -Parkinsons -Tourettes -ADHD