Tobacco
| Tobacco | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Molecule | C10H14N2 |
| Compound | Nicotine |
| Era | Ancient |
| Origin | Americas |
| Archetype | Chicago Detroit |
| Ancestor | Hindu |
| Swag Score | 3 |
| Date Added | 2025-01-12 |
[view source]Effects & Properties
Effects: Stimulation / relaxation, short-term use may enhance memory and attention. Addiction upon long-term usage.
Natural Occurrence: Native to the Americas, tobacco has a long history of use as a a shamanic inebriant and stimulant. Nicotine is a naturally occurring stimulant found in tobacco (Nicotiana spp.) and other solanaceous plants. At room temperature, it is only oily liquid. As a constituent of tobacco, it has been used for many centuries in the Americas and Australia, and is now sold in a variety of common products worldwide. Appearance: Annual or bi-annual growing 1-3 meters tall with large sticky leaves.
[view source]History
Tobacco has been cultivated and used by Indigenous peoples of the Americas for at least 8,000 years, serving as one of the most sacred plants in Native American spiritual practice, used for prayer, offerings, and ceremonial pipes. After Columbus brought tobacco to Europe in the late 15th century, it spread globally with extraordinary speed, becoming a major colonial cash crop that shaped the economies of Virginia, the Caribbean, and beyond. In India, tobacco was adopted into cultural practices including bidi smoking and hookah use, and by the 20th century, tobacco-related diseases were recognized as the leading preventable cause of death worldwide.
[view source]Connections
Archetype: Chicago Detroit
Ancestor: Hindu
Tarot Card: Two of Cups
Paired With: Nicotine
[view source]Sources
- https://www.erowid.org/plants/tobacco/tobacco.shtml
- https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/nicotine/nicotine.shtml
- Tobacco - Wikipedia — Nicotiana genus, Solanaceae family, cultivation history
- History of tobacco - Wikipedia — 8,000+ years of cultivation in the Americas, Columbus and European introduction
- Nicotine - Wikipedia — molecular formula C10H14N2, alkaloid properties, Solanaceae plant family
- Nicotine | C10H14N2 (PubChem) — chemical identity and properties
- Tobacco (WHO Fact Sheet) — leading preventable cause of death worldwide
- Earliest evidence for human use of tobacco in the Pleistocene Americas (PubMed) — archaeological evidence of ancient tobacco use