Project Gutenberg 2005-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 129 James I, King of England 1566 1625 James VI, King of Scotland Goldsmid, Edmund Goldsmid, Edmund Marsden A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco Reading ease score: 47.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Julie Barkley, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco" by King of England James I is a critical pamphlet written in the early 17th century. This piece serves as a public address where the author delves into the negative social and health impacts of tobacco consumption, addressing both moral and physiological arguments against its use. The book presents a blend of personal perspective and observational inquiry, challenging popular beliefs about tobacco's benefits. In this work, King James I articulates his disdain for tobacco, arguing that its introduction into English society is emblematic of more profound societal errors. He outlines that tobacco originated from barbarous practices among Indigenous peoples, which he finds disgraceful for a civilized nation to emulate. Throughout the pamphlet, he examines various misconceptions surrounding tobacco’s medicinal properties, suggesting that these beliefs are misguided. The king condemns tobacco not only as physically harmful but also as a cause of moral corruption, tying its use to greater societal issues such as laziness and vanity. Ultimately, his work aims to provoke reflection and reform in his readership concerning the health and moral implications of tobacco use. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Tobacco GT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 66864 66865 2024-10-07T13:26:49.327883 2023-09-08T04:16:20.673712 text/html text/html 63446 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 24179 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 98061 2024-10-07T13:26:54.999844 application/epub+zip 96622 2024-10-07T13:26:52.474852 application/epub+zip 82791 2024-10-07T13:26:51.229868 application/epub+zip 207940 2024-10-07T13:26:56.832868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198449 2024-10-07T13:26:54.234853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151458 2022-09-08T08:47:12.484413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56620 56514 2024-10-07T13:26:49.003875 2023-09-08T04:16:20.447709 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56413 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22150 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 56404 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22132 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21502 2024-10-07T13:26:56.962846 application/rdf+xml 14065 2024-10-07T13:26:51.775859 image/jpeg 3934 2024-10-07T13:26:51.495854 image/jpeg 95875 2024-10-07T13:26:49.335872 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia