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Niko Moorshead 1 March 2018 Professor Roundtree Art and Technology The Evolution Of Cigarettes It all started with the discovery of tobacco by Christopher Columbus October 15, 1492 after her sailed from Spain to modern day U.S. and gave it as to the king a gift from the native Americans(Source 1). Nobody knows how long the Natives had been smoking tobacco before other countries arrived and killed most of them, but it was estimated to be between 600-900A.D. This would be the beginning of tobacco introducing itself into western culture. Tobacco after this became a big export for the Great Britain and later the U.S.. Tobacco was a key element in the triangle trade, being sold to Europe and Africa for weapons and slaves. Most people smoked tobacco out of bowls. Finally along came the invention of cigarettes. Nobody knows who the first person was to roll a cigarette, but we do know the “ first commercial cigarettes were made in 1865 by Washington Duke on his 300-acre farm i