A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco by King of England James I
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"A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco" by King of England James I is a treatise written in 1604. In this early anti-smoking publication, the king forcefully expresses his disgust for tobacco and smoking. Written in Early Modern English, it blames Native Americans for introducing tobacco to Europe, warns of health dangers to the lungs, and condemns the practice as offensive to the senses. The work led James to impose heavy taxation on tobacco imports
that same year. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | James I, King of England, 1566-1625 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Goldsmid, Edmund |
| Title | A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Counterblaste_to_Tobacco |
| Credits |
Produced by Julie Barkley, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 47.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs |
| Subject | Tobacco |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17008 |
| Release Date | Nov 5, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 12, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 463 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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