When to see a doctor. See a doctor if you or a loved one has memory problems or other dementia symptoms. Some treatable medical conditions can cause dementia symptoms, so it's important to determine the underlying cause.
A brief history of tobacco. (CNN) -- Tobacco was first used by the peoples of the pre-Columbian Americas. Native Americans apparently cultivated the plant and smoked it in pipes for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Most sources put it's origins down to smoking Opium (obviously through a pipe) and it's subsequent illusions. The first recorded written example was from a George Ade Play in 1896. He made no referance as to it's meaning but that was in Chicago.