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Part One: How Cigarettes Invented Everything

Behind the Bastards

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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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