History of Smoking

Regarding the origin of tobacco, the Huron Indian myth dengansebuah explain. Syahdan when the earth was still bald, attacked starving inhabitants. The Great Spirit sent a woman to help man. In his right hand touched the soil, there grew potatoes. When the left hand touch, growing corn. Once the corn and potatoes are plentiful, he also sat unwind. Uh, when he rose from the ground where he sat unwind. Uh, when he rose from the ground where he sat poking the tobacco plant!

So they are going to say, how long humans have been tobacco and friendly. Indeed, the year 1 BC Native Americans have smoked, chewed, and the smell of tobacco leaf. Even in the year 1 AD, tobacco can be found in almost every American.

Presumably also, the term tobago - which was originally the name of a type of smoking pipe Indian communities in the Caribbean - slip into tobacco or temabakau in our language. While cigarettes can be berasaldari sik'ar Mayan term meaning smoke. This tribe is known to have smoked in the year 600-1000. It is based on the relics of earthen vessels before the XI century in Uaxactun, Guatemala. On the surface is a picture of Maya Indians smoking rolled tobacco leaves.

Tobacco was "out" of the Americas when 12oktober 1492 Cristobal Colon or Columbus and his crew landed for the first time at the beach P. Watling, Central America. Thought the gods, according to the journal Columbus, "Native Arawak offering fruits, wooden spears and similar dry leaves smelled weird. "Returning to the ship they eat fruits but ... dried leaves were discarded.

However, the inventor who roko? His name Rodrigo deJeres and Luis de Torres. November 1492, in Cuba they report, a native of wrapping dried palm leaf tobacco or corn, turning on one end and suck the smoke. Jerez was imitating. Maybe he pertamabukan Native American smokers. Habit continued home to Spain. Malang, smoke and nose darimulut's neighbors fear until he was imprisoned. Ironically, when he was free seven years later, people have fever cigarettes.

Actually, tobacco seeds - brought to Spain from Santo Domingo in 1559 and to Rome in 1561 - initially introduced as an ornamental plant medicine. He was first brought to Europe from Florida in 1565 by Sir John Hawkins, British Navy hero. However, only 20 years later with pipe smoking culture began to emerge in the UK, which eventually spread throughout the European continent.

Cigarette smoke has actually been around since 1518, such as community property Aztec, Mexico, yangmirip products twentieth century. The difference, chopped tobacco cigarettes Aztec crammed into hollow stems or leaf wrapped, baiasanya corn. In the sixteenth century, the homeless Seville Spain, picking butts butts ceruta wasted, disassemble it, then rolled it again with newsprint. How efficient was apparently imitated the non bummer. Handwork was started after the discovery of rare cigarette rollers machine in the early 1880's.

In dekada I XVII century, all over the world have come to know tobacco. Cultivation is done john Rolfe, husband of Pocahontas, in Jamestown in 1612 to boost the economic value of tobacco. Value of tobacco leaf has skyrocketed up in the seventeenth and early XVII had become a medium of exchange. Imagine, tax debt, even the salaries of civil servants, soldiers, and priests, all of which can be paid with tobacco leaves. However, which survived until now, so the main function was: as raw material for cigarettes.

History of smoking in Indonesia

In terms of materials, cigarettes have several terms. What is meant by cigarettes or cigars are made from tobacco leaves and cigarettes are cigarettes with clove aroma and flavor. So cigarettes are cigarettes made from tobacco leaves and has a mixture of clove aroma and flavor. Java community as the first smokers, cigarettes are also familiar with the term, a term for non-clove cigarettes (Joglosemar, 2003) There is also a term klobot cigarette made from dried corn leaves stuffed with pure tobacco leaf and clove.

Haji Jamhari cigarettes believed to be the creator and popularized it in about 1880. Highly potent homemade clove cigarettes as a drug with a typical blend of cloves and tobacco. Haji Jamhari died in 1890, when some residents began to follow in his footsteps Ghost makes and sells cigarettes, who was still wrapped in dried corn leaves and cigarette called klobot as it stands from the beginning until now (Jawa Pos, Legi Thursday, August 28, 2003, page 16). Is M. Nitisemito are also believed to be the inventor of kretek (Joglo Semar, 2003) M Nitisemito from Ghost, about 50 km south-east of Semarang, Central Java. Around the year 1906, Nitisemito cough and asthma that never healed. Due to despair in the face of his illness, he mixed tobacco blended with cloves that have been ground and wrapped in dried corn leaves were then called klobot cigarettes. Nitisemito was feeling well after smoking klobot and intend to pass these habits widely to the public.

Regardless of who invented cigarettes for the first time, M Nitisemito was the first to trade cigarettes with packaging and brand. Previously, Nitisemito was a gentleman who likes to smoke tobacco klobot as well as merchants. His introduction to the business came from his encounter with cigarette Nasilah, who is a manufacturer and seller of cigarettes klobot. The customers are the workers, vendors, or hawkers and sais gig that exist around the house.

A partnership between Nitisemito and Nasilah who later became husband and wife this is a turning point in the history of industrialization in Indonesia clove cigarettes. Under the banner of his company, NV Bal Three, Nitisemito selling cigarettes with the brand Bal Three motto: "Do not be Loepa Poenja Name Only" (Jawa Pos, Legi Thursday, August 28, 2003, page 16). This is the first in Indonesia, kretek are printed properly and using the brand. But fate was not as smooth development company Nitisemito cigarettes creations. The company had filed for bankruptcy in 1953, due to inability to compete with the growing number of competitors grew rapidly following the cigarette industry (Joglosemar, 2003)

In addition to Bal Three, carrying other brands that appeared almost simultaneously in the Holy. In 1913, tobacco companies stand Goenoeng and Klapa established by M Atmowijoyo. But M Atmowijoyo not change his business into an industry as well as by M Nitisemito. Until now, the company manufactures and Klapa Goenoeng brand still producing cigarettes klobot made by hand and tied with twine (Jawa Pos, Legi Thursday, August 28, 2003, page 16)

History also records a number of companies that follow established Nitisemito cigarette industry. Cigarette companies include Nojorono established in 1932. Nojorono built by Tjoa Kang Hay and two brothers namely Tjiep Spot Tan and Tan Ping Kong company name Trio. Products produced include Astrokoro, 555, and Leg Three. Some time later Tjoa Kang Hay Trio to leave the company, working with entrepreneurs from the Holy Djie Ko Tan Siong and Djing Dhay to establish its Nojorono. Products that are known to date is Minak Djinggo (Jawa Pos, Legi Thursday, August 28, 2003, page 16)

The development of cigarette factories were also more developed in Java. Recorded several major cigarette factory on the island of Java, for example Djambu Bol founded in 1937 by Haji Roesjdi Ma'roef, Breadfruit, Needle in Central Java and Bentoel, Gudang Garam, Sampoerna in East Java and includes some other smaller factories such as Tower, Solo, Retjo Pentoeng in Kediri, or pumps in Semarang (Kompas, 29 September 2000) This suggests that smoking is a rapidly growing business area and promise in the field of economy, good for employers, and for the government of tax revenue.