Tobacco
Tobacco was a smokeable substance, often from a pipe, that was a cause of cancer.
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In 100,000 BC, the First Doctor smoked tobacco from a pipe. (TV: "The Cave of Skulls" [+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"The Cave of Skulls (2)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})
In the 17th century, Samuel Pike's smuggling ring often imported and exported tobacco. (TV: The Smugglers [+]Loading...["The Smugglers (TV story)"])
Before her crash on 17 July 1888, a tobacco pot was present on the steamer Elysium. (PROSE: The Elysium [+]Loading...["The Elysium (feature)"])
In 1892, the Fourth Doctor told George Litefoot that there was no tobacco where Leela came from when she did not recognise what a smoking pipe was. Litefoot concluded it sounded healthy but exceedingly dull. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])
In 1963, Susan Foreman believed the Coal Hill Staff Common Room stank of rotten tobacco. (PROSE: Time and Relative [+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"])
In 1974, the Brigadier was conscious of the fact that smoking tobacco was a major cause of lung cancer, and as a result discouraged his subordinates from smoking. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Green Death [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Green Death (novelisation)"])
In 2007 London, it was illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under sixteen. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
In Cardiff in the 2000s,[nb 1] cigarette boxes advertised that "Smoking Kills". Diane Holmes, who was displaced in time from 1953, asked Ianto Jones what this advertisement meant. (TV: Out of Time [+]Loading...["Out of Time (TV story)"])
By 2016, at least in London, it was illegal to sell tobacco products to those under the age of 18. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die [+]Loading...["For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)"])
Tobacco became rare in the aftermath of the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth. (PROSE: Legacy of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"])
