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History Of Smoking In India When I visited gallery of Harappan Civilization at the National Museum, New Delhi. Among the artifacts, I saw a small 'chillum' (hand-held twin pipe) similar to that 'sadhus' (wandering Hindu monks) use in smoking 'charas' (hand-made hashish) and 'ganja' (marijuana).  As far as I know, no-one has reported evidence of drugs from the Indus civilization, although there is no reason why they should not have been used. Cannabis is native to South Asia and is mentioned in the Vedas. Its use was reasonably widespread in the ancient world. Herodotus records that the Scythians has special tents in which people inhaled the fumes from cannabis heated on a tripod. Discoveries in the steppe nomad burials at Pazyryk bear this out. Braziers from the 5th millennium Balkans and from various periods elsewhere in Europe may have been used for heating cannabis or poppy heads. Poppies, the source of opium, were used in Europe from the Neolithic

History of Cigar: Historians  generally believe that the  cigar  was invented by the ancient Mayans, who would wrap the  tobacco in a palm or a plantain leave and smoke it. Archaeologists have even discovered an ancient Mayan pot from the 10th century that depicts a Mayan man puffing on one of these very early  cigar.   Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities primarily in Central America  the islands of the  Caribbean  including  Cuba  theDomnican     Republic   , Haiti,Honduras,Mexico,Ecuador, Nicaragua,Costa Rica  , Panama , and Pureto Rico;  it is also produced in the Eastern United States , Brazil  and in the Mediterranean countries of Italy  and Spain   and in Indonesia  and the Philippines  of Southeast Asia What is a Cigar: A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco   leaves made to be smoked . They are produced in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. Since the 20th century, almost all cigars  made of three distinct components: the filler, the binder leaf

History of Tobacco    Tobacco was first discovered by the native people of Mesoamerica and South America and later introduced to Europe and the rest of the world. Tobacco had already long been used in the Americas by the time European settlers arrived and took the practice to Europe, where it became popular. Eastern North  American tribes have historically carried tobacco in pouches as a readily accepted trade item, as well as smoking it in pipe ceremonies , whether for sacred ceremonies or those to seal a treaty or agreement . The Japanese were introduced to tobacco by Portuguese sailors from 1542 which led to introduction of tobacco in Asia Tobacco first arrived in the Ottoman Empire in the late 16th century, where it attracted the attention of doctors  and became a commonly prescribed medicine for many ailments. Although tobacco was initially prescribed as medicine, further study led to claims that smoking caused dizziness , fatigue , dulling of the senses, and a foul taste/odo