Tobacco originated in America. As early as 1000 BC, indigenous peoples in places like Mexico were already cultivating tobacco, and had even invented smoking tools like the "pipe" and the "cigarette holder."
Then, in 1492, after Columbus discovered the New Continent, tobacco was brought back to Europe, and soon after, Europeans spread it throughout Asia.
As for China, tobacco was probably introduced around the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, and in Japan, there are written records about tobacco only around 1590, which is the late stage of the Japan Warring States Period.
But now, Ah Man is a step ahead of her times, puffing on a "pipe." Nozawa snatched it from her in a flash, observed it closely, sniffed the pungent burnt smell, and frowned, asking, "This thing... where did you get it?"
