The term "devil's weed" originated from the Spanish Inquisition in which they used the term to denounce tobacco. One of Christopher Columbus's sailors, Rodrigo de Jerez (or Xerez), was credited to be the first old world inhabitant to discover tobacco. He brought the habit of smoking it like the Native Americans back to Spain where it was met with interest and fury alike. Some of his countrymen at first seeing the smoke emanating from his mouth and nose thought that his soul was escaping his body. The Spanish Inquisition jailed him for the use of the "devil's weed." This article is about one of the historical Inquisitions. ... Shredded tobacco leaf for pipe smoking Tobacco can also be pressed into plugs and sliced into flakes Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of the first Europeans to discover the Americas, after the Vikings. ... Rodrigo de Jerez is one of the Spanish crewmen who sailed to the Americas on the Santa Maria as part of Cristopher Columbus first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. ...
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Devil's Weed is a registered cigar brand owned and distributed by Molina Cigar Company. The brand was created in May 2007 to commemorate the 515th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World and its native inhabitant, tobacco, which occurred in October 1492. For other uses, see Cigar (disambiguation). ...
Molina Cigar Company, founded by Luis Molina, has taken the present-day's inquisition against tobacco head-first by creating its first cigar brand known as Devil's Weed and honoring the plant, the handmade cigar and all those who enjoy the passion of the leaf.
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