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-[[Clay pipes|Pipes of clay]] were first smoked in England after the introduction of tobacco from Virginia in the late 16th Century. Devon born sea captain, '''Sir Walter Raleigh''', who founded colonies in the New World, was one of the first to promote this novel habit, although religious leaders did not approve and persecuted people for it. In the native Indian tribes of what we now call America, smoking had already been an important ritual that had been practiced for many centuries before.
+[[Clay pipe|Pipes of clay]] were first smoked in England after the introduction of tobacco from Virginia in the late 16th Century. Devon born sea captain, '''Sir Walter Raleigh''', who founded colonies in the New World, was one of the first to promote this novel habit, although religious leaders did not approve and persecuted people for it. In the native Indian tribes of what we now call America, smoking had already been an important ritual that had been practiced for many centuries before.
 At first only the rich could afford tobacco, being an expensive luxury, although farmers soon began to cultivate fields of it here in England. However, King James 1st was not favorable and had crops destroyed. This proved to be unpopular with the people and so tobacco was then imported with tax applied. In other parts of Europe people were put to death for smoking, and yet during times of plague men, women and children were forced to smoke as it was thought to be a cure.