literacy

A) ===“There is an herb called uppowoc, which sows itself…has several names, according to the different places where it grows and is used,,,Its leaves are dried, made into powder, and then smoked by being sucked through clay pipes into the stomach and head. The fumes purge…Thus its use not only preserves the body…By this means the natives keep in excellent health…”– Thomas Hariot (1588) ===

===“Smoking is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.” – James I of England (1604) ===

B)
===“The economy that sustained the Chesapeake region was in deep crisis in the late-18th century…technological innovations soon gave new life to this practice, which would flourish in the new nation as never before.” – U.S. History.org ===

C)
===Production of leaf increased by 40% between 1971, when 4.2 million tons of leaf were produced, and 1997, when 5.9 million tons of leaf were produced…According to the Food and Agriculture organization of the UN, leaf production was expected to hit 7.1 million tons by 2010. China's share of the world market increased from 17% in 1971 to 43%.” ===