When did pipe smoking become popular in europe?

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Date created: Thu, Nov 4, 2021 8:04 PM

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Answered by Anika Kautzer on Thu, Nov 4, 2021 9:47 PM

Pipe smoking in Europe really took off in the 16th century when Jean Nicot, after whom “nicotine” is named, made tobacco popular in his native France after a stint as ambassador to Portugal where he was introduced, the story goes, to the medicinal values of the tobacco leaf.

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