SC - tobacco

[Decker, Terry D.]

At 5:02 AM -0800 1/18/99, Bonita Plunk wrote:
>I have seen many pictures of pipes that were used in Middle-Eastern
>countries from the 10th century forward. By this I mean personal pipes
>as we think of them today, not just the Hooka.  Did they use the
>Tobacco/ dried fruit mixes that are commonly used today, or something
>else?

Tobacco comes from the New World, so they couldn't have been smoking it
until after Columbus. Marijuana is old world and was used, and I gather
there were other things that people smoked, although I don't know in detail
what.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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