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The cultivation of tobacco soon spread from John Rolfe's garden to every available plot of ground within the fortified districts in Jamestown

Ramon Pane, a Catholic monk who came on Columbus's second voyage to the New World in 1493, wrote an account of tobacco use and is credited with introducing it to Europe

Agricultural experiment stations were established in Blacksburg and Arlington

All species of Nicotiana contain the addictive drug nicotinea psychostimulant alkaloid found in all parts of the plants except the seeds, and most heavily concentrated in the leaveswhich occurs in varying amounts depending on the species of Nicotiana grown