**WARNING: Sensitive material like sexual assault, genocide, colonization, and other historical atrocities are the topic for today. Listener discretion is advised.**
As a diversion from the main content of the program, the Gen Green crew flexes their history credentials by doing over a basic history of tobacco. In this gaze into the annals of history, we hope that that these observations will construct a more well-rounded perspective of history, especially in regard to the American economy and how it developed the demographics and politics of the United States and her neighbors three hundred years hence.
As a refresher from our more charged and controversial interviews and workshops, we’re jumping into our As always, please contact us for direct inquiries at yaft@healthcollaborative.org. Also, please follow our social media, most notably our Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/yaftcoalition/) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/YAFTCoalition). Until next time!
For those looking for support during their arduous struggle of reclaiming your independence from nicotine and tobacco, Nobutts.org / Tobacco Free California has a 24-hour support line at 1-844-866-8273. Similarly, though not referenced in the episode, I would like to honor Pride month by spreading the news for the first dedicated, 24-hour trans help line. Your struggle is real, you are valid, and under no pretext can anyone strip you of your humanity. Call 877-565-8860 if you are a trans person requesting crisis assistance.
Sources Cited:
History of Tobacco in the World — Tobacco Timeline
https://www.swedish.org/classes-and-resources/smoking-cessation/history-of-tobacco-use-in-america
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/greentobaccosickness/default.html
