
Part One: How Cigarettes Invented Everything
Behind the Bastards
The Health Uses of Tobacco
Tobacco was probably the first effective insect repellent. There were a number of uses for Native Americans of tobacco that absolutely work in a medical context. For example, it was often given to people as a treatment for asthma. It's actually pretty easy to kill yourself by ingesting tobacco.
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