Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Several councillors said the purpose of the resolution--which asks voters to vote "yes" on the referendum--was to fight against the advertising campaign of the tobacco lobby...
...conquistadores ruthlessly suppressed the imposing cultures of Aztec Mexico and Incan Peru, which nonetheless made a lasting and invaluable contribution to, among other things, world cuisine. Tomatoes, potatoes, corn and peppers, together with many other comestibles, were indigenous to the New World. So, less happily for humankind, was tobacco...
...Tobacco is unique. It's the only legal product that's highly addictive and that, when used exactly as intended, causes great harm...
...something" that turns the human system into a four-alarm fire is capsaicin, a chemical concentrated in the veins and seeds of the chile pod. A member of the nightshade family (as are tomatoes, potatoes and tobacco), the chile pepper is believed to have originated in South America. Incas and Mayans prized it for its vibrant flavor and curative powers, prescribing peppers for ailments as diverse as arthritis, epilepsy and the common cold. Pepper seeds carried back to Europe by Christopher Columbus eventually found their way to China, Korea, Thailand and India -- the last of which today leads all other...
...Tobacco addiction is a major economic handicap...