Tsar Alexis publishes an edict forbidding smoking. Punishments for offenders are severe and include public torture and/or exile. Special forces are appointed to look for contraband tobacco in Moscow. This leads to a steep decline in the Anglo- Russian tobacco trade.
Source: Austin, G. A. et al. (1979). Perspectives on the history of psychoactive substance use. NIDA.
| Drugs: | Tobacco |
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| Regions: | Russia |
| Topics: | Prohibition |
