Who invented ciggeretes?

Question

Why would they invent such a thing ? I smoke and i really wish i didnt but they are the most addictive drug on earth and really bad for your health.Which idiot made it legal for people to smoke ?

Answer 1

In 1882, the cigarette was a specialty item - made by hand, sold for a penny apiece, and very much the stepchild of other tobacco products. But change was in the wind. An automated cigarette rolling machine, developed by 18-year-old James Bonsack, was put into use in 1883 and revolutionized production. The retail price was cut in half, and volume, which in premachine days had never exceeded 500 million, leaped to 10 billion by 1910.



The cigarette market was small then; cigarettes were expensive and hand-rolled by “cigarette girls”.
Most manufacturers didn’t see any use for a large number of cigarettes.
The Bonsack machine was seen and rejected by the established cigarette manufacturers.
In 1883, 27-year-old Buck Duke leased the Bonsack machine.
By 1887, once Duke and Bonsack’s mechanics had finished tinkering with it, it was capable of reliably rolling 120,000 cigarettes in 10 hours.
This not only took the cigarette business out of the hands of the cigarette girls, it meant that cigarettes could be made cheaply enough to satisfy a mass market; but the market didn’t exist.



Cigarettes arrived in the UK in the 1850, apparently having been introduced to army personnel by the Turks in the Crimean War. The Native Americans did stuff it in reeds and smoke it, but the use of paper comes from Spain and Turkey.

Answer 2

Sir Walter Raleigh brought tobacco to the court of Queen Elizabeth l . Hand rolled cigarettes have been around for about 130 years.

Answer 3

I think it was Sir Walter Raleigh who brought tobacco back to Britain, many moons ago. It was chewed in the early days and then came pipes, cigars and giant multi nationals who marketed the cigarettes and made, and still do, billions of pounds. And then there is the UK government raking in revenue from f a g s.

Answer 4

not sure whether the name will actually solve your problem. i think that "with due respect" there is no idiot other than the person (person a) who is blaming another person (person b) for something which is under the control of person a. my friend it has to be you to be strong and quit smoking, you are already intelligent enough to figure out that smoking makes you harm so build the strength and determination in you and win this damn habit. your determination is by far a stronger drug that 2 inches of tobacco.

Answer 5

Some idiot, thats who. Why would any one want to slowly clog their arteries, thicken their blood, damage thier lungs or give themselves or others cancer. Selfish people thats who.