A Counterblaste to Tobacco
Template:Italictitle Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Wikidata image Template:Short description A Counterblaste to Tobacco is a treatise written by King James VI and I in 1604. In it he expresses his distaste for tobacco and tobacco-smoking.[1] It is one of the earliest known anti-smoking publications.
Style and content
It is written in Early Modern English and refers to medical theories of the time (e.g. the four humours).[2] In it James blames the Native Americans for bringing tobacco to Europe, complains about passive smoking, warns of dangers to the lungs and decries tobacco's odour as "hatefull to the Nose."[2]
Effects and legacy
James's dislike of tobacco led him in 1604Template:R to authorise Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, to levy an excise tax and tariff of six shillings and eight pence per pound of tobacco imported,[3] or £1 per three pounds, a large sum of money for the time. This would be £90 per pound in 2024, or £198 per kilogram.[4]
Because of the persistently high demand for tobacco in the Kingdom of England and the negative effects on the economies of its colonies in British America, the King in 1624 instead created a royal monopoly on tobacco.[5] 150 years later the British utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham would cite A Counterblaste to Tobacco as an example of antipathy run wild.[2]
Quotation
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References
- ↑ Steve Luck, The Complete Guide to Cigars: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Finest Cigars, Bath, UK: Parragon, p. 13
- ↑ a b c A Counterblaste to Tobacco (retrieved February 22, 2008)
- ↑ Commissio pro Tobacco, James I, 1616
- ↑ Tobacco Price Inquiry - March 2022 (Slideshow) USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Further reading
- Anderson, Susan Campbell. "A matter of authority: James I and the tobacco war." Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 29.1 (1998). online
- Ziser, Michael. "Sovereign Remedies: Natural Authority and the 'Counterblaste to Tobacco'." William and Mary Quarterly 62.4 (2005): 719-744. online
External links
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