UP IN SMOKE— “The Genie Industriel says that it is difficult to account for the tremendous increase, during the last few years, of the consumption of tobacco in France: in 1830 the value of tobacco consumed was about $13,000,000. In 1840 it had increased to $19,000,000. In 1857 the sum of nearly $35,000,000 was puffed away in smoke.”
Note: This article was originally published with the title, "50, 100, & 150 Years Ago".
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