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/^t/Tobacco had been smoked by the native Americans long before Christopher Columbus made his terrible mistake and called them Indians. His another mistake was loading Tobacco leaves onto his ships and taking them to Europe. It was the beginning of the astonishing career of this plant. At first smoking was the domain of courts because of its price and since that time a myth of smoking as a symbol of one's position in the society has begun. However as tobacco was getting cheaper and cheaper, it was getting more and more common and its status evaporated like a puff of smoke.