Who is the founder of cigarettes?

Answer 1

Although the cigarette (tobacco rolled in thin paper) dates back to the early 1600's in Spain the true father of the cigarette was James Duke of North Carolina. He employed the Connecticutt inventer J A Bosnick to perfect the automated cigarette making machine in the 1870's which revolutionized the tobacco industry.

Answer 2

The earliest forms of cigarettes were similar to their predecessor, the cigar. Cigarettes appear to have had antecedents in Central America around the 9th century in the form of reeds and smoking tubes. The Maya, and later the Aztecs, smoked tobacco and various psychoactive drugs in religious rituals and frequently depicted priests and deities smoking on pottery and temple engravings. The cigarette and the cigar were the most common methods of smoking in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central and South America until recent times.

Answer 3

John Rolfe actuall mad tobacco

Answer 4

Sir Jackson ruffles