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 ...

Although powdered tobacco and the cumbersome boxes that first held it originated in the West, snuff bottles are a uniquely Chinese innovation. And despite attempts to snuff out their presence over the ...

Artisan Leaf Tobacco continues to capture tobacco history of Wilson News Mar 19, 2024 / 06:50 PM EDT Sebastian Correa moved to Wilson in order to create art from tobacco. Now he preserves the rich ...

Organizers have attached a surgeon general's warning to this year's county-sponsored Black History Month exhibition -- but not because they want people to stay away. The show's focus is tobacco, and ...

A $2.5 million donation announced Thursday will help build a fuller picture of North Carolina’s relationship with tobacco, illuminating narratives of enslaved people and Native Americans that might ...

World No Tobacco Day, observed annually on May 31st, is a global health awareness event led by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1987, aiming to highlight the dangers of tobacco use and ...

Kenneth Reynolds misses the excitement of tobacco auctions. » Contact East Tennessee State University’s history department by Feb. 28 to donate materials to the “History Harvest,” including ...

Anyone who has served knows the smoke pit has not vanished.