Iain Gately, a British author, Cambridge scholar, and cigar smoker, has written a fascinating cultural history of tobacco use. In Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced ...

Think what you will about the merits of tobacco, but it has a rich, complex history, at least as told by London journalist Iain Gately, who confesses at the start of his fascinating book that he ...

Let me begin by stating that this column is nothing to sneeze at. This is getting to be a habit. There I was sitting down to Asian cuisine when a friend asked “Jim, where did ‘up-to-snuff’ come from?” ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Montgomery County area is famous for its tobacco. Its history growing dark-fired tobacco took root generations ago. Today, American Snuff Co. employs hundreds at ...

Snuff is a tobacco product that people put into their noses or mouths. Even though it is smokeless, snuff and snus carry the same adverse health risks as smoking cigarettes. Some people believe the ...

Here it is—everything you ever wanted to know about tobacco, from Amerindian prehistory right up to the Clinton/Lewinsky cigar tryst. As Gately traces the role of tobacco in history's major military ...

Reviewed Works: Tobacco in History: The Cultures of Dependence J. GoodmanTastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants W. Schivelbusch Tobacco Control is an international ...