2. Agricultural product processed from leaves of genus
Nicotiana
Can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and
in some medicines
Used as recreational drug and cash crop in countries
like the U.S
Usual consumption is smoking, chewing, snuffing
Native Americans used it to bring on a spiritual
experience
Europeans arrival made it recreational drug
3. Nicotine in honor of Jean Nicot who sent it as
medicine to the court of Catherine de Medici
Southern Economy until cotton came
Civil war lead to development of cigarette
Development of tobacco companies until science
mid 1900’s controversy