Looking Through the Past

Looking Through the Past

Tobacco: a Stimulant That Made the Modern World

Tobacco is like love?

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George Dillard
Apr 26, 2026
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This week, part three of our series on the stimulants that made the modern world (we’ve already explored tea and sugar, along with the significance of anti-slavery sugar boycotts).

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