| Tobacco smoking is one of the significant means of recreation. It is said that Tobacco was brought to India by the Portuguese merchant Class in the Sixteenth century. It was gaining popularity gradually. Yet the production of it (Tobacco) was not exceedingly. The total scenario was changed after the colonial intervention on tobacco economy. They (Britishers) brought superior Tobacco seeds from foreign countries. They adopted various measures like soil test, scientific examination of tobacco seeds and so on. As they realized the demand of tobacco made items like Cigar, Cigarette and Cheroot in both the foreign as well as local markets, they set up several Cigarette manufacturing companies and started exporting them to the different parts of the world. The native attempts were not far behind them. They (the Indians) also founded some manufacturing companies of tobacco related items. |