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1560
from medicine to stimulant.
In the 16th century tobacco was seen as a stimulant that was used in various ways. Below you see some examples: Under the lip: Plums.
In the nose: sniffing.
cigar
and pipe. -
The rise of the cigarette.
It was not until the end of the 18th century that the cigarette was introduced in Europe. French and English soldiers brought cigarettes from Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria. So far they knew the cigarette but they are not that popular yet. For a long time she became known as the inferior version of the pipe and the cigar. But during the first World War the cigarette became very popular. Their calming and hunger-straitening was praised. In the year 1930 the first filter cigarette appeared. -
opponents of the tobacco.
In the 1970s, warnings about the harmful effects of smoking appeared on the cigarette packets in Europe. Advertising tobacco has been banned in Belgium since January 1999 (month + year). And since 1 July 2011 it is also forbidden to smoke in catering businesses.
