A Counterblaste to Tobacco was written by James VI of Scotland and I of England in 1604. It is one of the earliest anti-tobacco publications. Although it is written in a very archaic style and is rife with medical theories not currently accepted by Western medical practitioners (e.g. the Four humours) and an assertion that the "Indians" were responsible for it, it makes some valid points, specifically regarding lung irritations and secondhand smoke.

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