Talk:Tobacco

Typo Noticed

Hi, just wanted to note that there is a typo, instead of saying "use" the article says "us." The typo in question is under the demographic section, in the first sentence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.174.248.237 (talk) 13:02, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

The Market between Buyers and Sellers of Tobacco Crops

I think it warrants a section that details how the buying and selling of tobacco crops has changed over the years. Previously tobacco was bought and sold in an open air auction/market between farmers and big companies. That has shifted to where big companies contract out tobacco production with farmers directly and this has caused the open market auction of tobacco to collapse. 15:02, 13 August 2010 Albyva (talk | contribs)

Spanish Monopoly prior to Rolfe

If tobacco was used all over the pre-columbian Americas why would Spain have a monopoly. Neither this page nor the History of tobacco page speak to this.

Tobacco industry scandals of the 1990s

Is there a comprehensive article on this subject? These scandals started with the Wall Street Journal and 60 Minutes exposes on Brown & Williamson, included tobacco executives claiming in a U.S. Congressional hearing that tobacco wasn't addictive, and leading to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. If there's not an article, this is a subject by itself that could be summarized in an article. Also, I'd like to note that the general collection of articles on the history of tobacco and related controversies seem to need a lot of rework/cleanup. (Yes, I can do some of this work myself while noting that it's a big job and many can help out.) Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 13:41, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Pharmacology section

This article makes no mention of the arguably important MAOI effects or any mention of the pharmacology. Though most should be covered in nicotine I feel some minor coverage is necessary. Testem (talk) 23:49, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Legal use of marijuana

The article briefly touches upon the legalization of marijuana and use in the 1990's. Has there been an interest in adding a section for the legalization movement and/or the medical use of marijuana in this section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.74.35.227 (talk) 23:34, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Inaccurate, colonial and new age content

I'm updating the article to reflect recent page renames.[1] Sorry, the sources @Robert the Boof: wants, Awareness Mag and the colonial thing, are not WP:RS. The first one is a personal new age site, and the article is personal observances by someone of unknown notability. Both the new age site and the colonial description of Mi'kmaq people are full of misinformation. I left the colonial source, but cut the offensive quote. Tell us why these sources are good. And why are you wholesale reverting when the changes are not just about that source. - CorbieV^☊☼ 16:40, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Please do not remove reliably sourced information based on what you consider to be your own superior knowledge of the topic, or using purported "offensiveness" as a rationale for removing quoted observations of colonial situations. If you were offended by this quote then I apologize for you on your behalf, however it is not a thing now that we begin rewriting history to suit your personal feelings. Robert the Broof (talk) 16:45, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

The quote is still in there in the footnote. The colonial source is still there for historical perspective. The new age zine is not usable. Neither is accurate. Just because some colonist wrote their opinion, and some new age zinester wrote theirs, does not make these sources WP:RS. Please go read WP:RS. - CorbieV^☊☼ 16:48, 16 October 2015 (UTC)