According to the research of archaeologists, smoking was recorded as early as 1800 BC to 2000 BC. 1492, two crew members of Columbus, Jerez and Torres, found that Cuban natives lit dry cigarettes and smoked the smoke they emitted. Jerez tried smoking. He became the first smoker in Europe. 15 18 years, Spanish explorers discovered that Aztecs and Mayans smoked grass with empty reeds, and the Spanish also learned to smoke, so the first cigarette was produced. 16 12 years, John Rolver planted the first acre of commercial tobacco in Virginia, USA. 1843, French tobacco companies began to produce Spanish-style cigarettes, which were officially named "cigarettes" in French, from which the word English cigarettes came. 188 1 year, and the cigarette making machine with a daily output of 120000 was patented. Before that, cigarettes were all made by hand. 1924, American Reader's Digest published an article for the first time, reminding people that smoking is harmful to health. 1966, a new sign began to be printed on American cigarette packaging: be careful! Smoking is harmful to health. The tobacco industry has provided 2.3 million jobs for Americans, and these people have brought more jobs to the medical, fire fighting, laundry, pharmaceutical and other industries. Archaeologists found in Palo City, Arizona, USA that in 650 AD, there were large pieces of tobacco leaves, side-by-side pipes and residual soot in the caves where Indians lived. These relics, after instrumental analysis, contain nicotine, which is inferred to be tobacco leaves. Archaeologists once found a hollow straw with a tube in a cave at an altitude of 4000 feet in the Madre Mountains of Mexico, which was proved to be the product of 700 years ago by radioactive measurement. If so, it is not only more than 200 years earlier than Columbus' discovery, but also the originator of modern cigarettes. However, this historical miracle remains to be further verified by archaeologists. Betel nut was first introduced from India, and it became popular from the feudal dynasty hundreds of years ago to the Taigong dynasty. At that time, from the emperor to the common people, they were all keen on this. In the court, eat areca is an elegant activity, with all kinds of exquisite utensils and the post of "betel nut waiter" to serve princes and nobles and concubines eat areca. I feel a bit like rich people smoking cigars today. (Attachment)-Areca catechu, Areca catechu and Areca catechu are palm plants in English. In China, it mainly grows in Hainan, Taiwan Province Province and other tropical coastal areas. The seeds of betel nut have many names, such as kernel frequency and betel nut. Since ancient times, betel nut has been a good fruit for residents in the southeast coastal provinces of China to welcome guests and entertain relatives and friends. In ancient times, honored guests as "guests" and "lang", hence the name "betel nut". There are four levels of hospitality in Hainan: "tea, cigarettes, wine and betel nut". Betel nut will only be served on important festivals such as welcoming VIPs and weddings, which shows its status. At present, with the expansion of betel nut planting area and the love of more and more friends, betel nut has spread to people's daily consumption. Areca nut is also one of the four southern medicines in China. Areca nut contains many nutrients and beneficial substances needed by human body, such as fat, areca oil, alkaloids, catechins, choline and so on. Areca catechu has a unique function of preventing epilepsy, and it is the medicine fruit of doctors in past dynasties, also known as "Xiluodan". Because boils are generally related to irregular diet and qi stagnation, betel nut has been widely concerned for its medicinal properties because it can reduce qi, promote digestion and resolve phlegm. Even poets have a soft spot for betel nuts. Su Dongpo, one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties, once wrote a famous sentence, "Red tides on the cheeks drunk betel nuts". Fresh betel nut has the wonderful effect that "hunger can make people full, and fullness can make people hungry". When eating on an empty stomach, it is full of qi and easy to digest after a meal, which can be described as a fairy fruit on earth. Li Shizhen, a medical scientist, recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that Areca catechu has many diseases, such as "reducing edema, dredging joints, invigorating spleen and regulating middle energizer, and treating heartache". Not only that, betel nut also has the effect of treating glaucoma, hypertension and expelling insects. The history of chewing betel nut should be quite long. Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, once said, "Red tides make betel nuts drunk". In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen gave a detailed description of betel nut: "Betel nut is extremely unique among trees, the largest one has a degree, and the highest one is nine feet ... but it is not resistant to frost and cold, so it is not allowed to be planted in the north." Sex is not tolerant of frost and cold, and planting is not allowed in the north. So Hainan and Lingnan are the birthplaces of betel nut. There is also a record of "black country" in the ancient book Shan Hai Jing, that is, chewing betel nut for a long time will make people's teeth black, because the juice of betel nut is purple. Betel nut beauty They're not brothers!