Googled... and found this:
[color=blue]TOBACCO TIMELINE
� c. 6000 BC: Experts believe the tobacco plant, as we know it today, begins growing in the Americas.
� c. 1 BCE: Experts believe American inhabitants begin finding ways to use tobacco, including smoking (via a number of variations) and in enemas.
� c. 1 CE: Tobacco was "nearly everywhere" in the Americas. (American Heritage Book of Indians, p.41).
� 600-1000 CE: UAXACTUN, GUATEMALA. First pictorial record of smoking: A pottery vessel found here dates from before the 11th century. On it a Maya is depicted smoking a roll of tobacco leaves tied with a string. The Mayan term for smoking was sik'ar [/color]
Now there's an alternative way to get your nicotine (enemas, lol).
Oh, I also found this:
[color=green]IN THE BEGINNING . . .
Huron Indian myth has it that in ancient times, when the land was barren and the people were starving, the Great Spirit sent forth a woman to save humanity. As she traveled over the world, everywhere her right hand touched the soil, there grew potatoes. And everywhere her left hand touched the soil, there grew corn. And when the world was rich and fertile, she sat down and rested. When she arose, there grew tobacco . . . [/color]
Ha! Her hands touched and made potatoes and corn, but where she SAT, her BUTT made tobacco! How fitting is that?!?
:)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 294
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,820
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $882.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 30 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34
