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May 19, 2010 | 2:34 am

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Here is another theory:

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Quoted from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco

Etymology

The Spanish word "tabaco" is thought to have its origin in Arawakan language ...

However, similar words in Spanish and Italian were commonly used from 1410 to define medicinal herbs, originating from the Arabic طبق tabbaq, a word reportedly dating to the 9th century, as the name of various herbs.

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Quoted from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tobacco

In the Ottoman Empire

Tobacco as a commercial product first arrived in the Ottoman Empire in the late 16th century.[8]

In 1682, Damascene jurist Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi declared: “Tobacco has now become extremely famous in all the countries of Islam ... People of all kinds have used it and devoted themselves to it ... ”

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