Geisha carry pipes of gold and silver bronze to enjoy ippuku one puff from time to time, taking a pinch of mild tobacco from the leather pouch each one has slipped into her obi . The Heart of Japan: Glimpses of Life and Nature Far from the Travellers Track in the Land of the Rising Sun , by Clarence Ludlow Brownell, 1903 The tobacco industry in Japan can be traced back to 1869, when Yasugoro Tsuchida, a Tokyo merchant, began the production of rolled cigarettes on a small scale
"Hunter-gatherer tobacco smoking: earliest evidence from the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America." Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (2013): 1397-1407
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