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Show When Tobacco Was Taboo, In . 1038 the Massachusetts general court ordered, a writer comments, "that no man shall take any tobacco within 20 poles of any house, o- so near a may enlanger tho samo." In 1708 nn act was passed foi bidding the carrying of fire through tho streets ex-cept ex-cept In a covered vessel, .smoking, pr having In one's possession "any lighted The penalty was $2. If the offender was In a ropewalk, the pen- j alty was from ?5 to $100. This pro- hlbltlon of 1703 was not repealed until 188i), aaaM |