HISTORY OF TOBACCO - Perique was widely used as chewing tobacco especially in the 'Wild West' of America where supplies of normal tobacco were scarce. Perique was an unusual fruity flavoured tobacco from Saint James Parish, Louisiana, originally cultivated by Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes

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