Show Tobacco Used d as s Remedy for Cholera in France During the cholera epidemic In Prance France In 1831 the use of or tobacco was ward said to induce Immunity To ro off ofT illness while the great plo plague ue of or 1605 1005 was In progress In London el C everyone everyone every every- i ione one was urged to smoke Small children children chil chil- dren were compelled to take tobacco At Eton classes were Instructed to pause and light up Ull at frequent intervals intervals inter Inter- vals writes Charles In the Chicago Tribune Who first brou brought ht the plant to Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope is not established nor Is It certain certain cere tain who smoked the first Jean Tean NIcot whose name remains toda today today to to- day da in nicotine sent tobacco seeds to France Prance about IG 1500 O. O WI Within five fi years Sir John Hawkins returned to En England England Eng Eng- land with tobacco Most of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia had the weed by tire the th opening of the Seventeenth Seventeenth Seven Seven- h century Snuff was preferred The fhe drinkIng drinkIng drinking drink I In France for many years ing of of tobacco as us was termed In En England land became common and later loter fashionable through the e example ex es- ample of Sir Walter Raleigh Ever Every schoolboy knows the legend of ot the drenching of Sir Walter WaHer Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Ra Ra- leigh by his valet This faithful fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low for the th first time seeing smoke Issuing from the mouth and nostrils of his master believed him to be afire and promptly emptied a bowl of water ale or or beer over o Sir Walter WaHer The beverage changes as do the characters i In the anecdote Slightly varied versions versions versions ver ver- are given for Richard Tarleton and others Another Sir Walter Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Ra Ra- leigh yarn involves a wager with I Queen Elizabeth lIe He bet that he could weigh tobacco smoke First he weighed a of tobacco then smoked It and subtracted the weight of or the ashes |