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Tobacco In The 1600's

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Tobacco has been around in America for around 8000 years. Around 2000 years it was being chewed, smoked during many events. A European discovered tobacco in 1531. By the 1600’s it had been spread across to Europe and England. By the 1700’s tobacco had been spread across and an industry was developed.
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