History Of Tobacco Timeline. Tobacco belongs to the nightshade family of plants, and are wildly varied. Nightshade plants contain high levels of alkaloids.
From stone carvings by the Maya Indians we know they used tobacco for religious Smoking tobacco spread into all parts of South and Middle America, and of course to the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
His tobacco history was not known.
Firman of Murad IV on prohibition of tobacco. His medical history included recurrent respiratory tract infections. The arrival of Spain introduced tobacco to the Europeans, and it became a lucrative, heavily traded commodity to support the popular habit of smoking.