Tobacco has Made the World What it is Today

Ancient Greeks and Romans smoked, though the plant nicotiana tabacum, tobacco was unknown to them, Instead they smoked leaves and seeds of other plants and herbs, for medicinal as well as recreational purposes, By the end of the Roman Empire in the west, lavender was a popular plant used for teas and smoked, The Greeks and Romans knew nothing of the Mesoamerican peoples across the Atlantic Ocean, where as long as 12,000 years ago, according to archaeologists the plant we know today as tobacco was smoked.

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