Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 229 James I, King of England 1566 1625 James VI, King of Scotland Goldsmid, Edmund Goldsmid, Edmund Marsden A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Counterblaste_to_Tobacco Produced by Julie Barkley, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco" by King of England James I is a critical pamphlet written in the early 17th century. This piece serves as a public address where the author delves into the negative social and health impacts of tobacco consumption, addressing both moral and physiological arguments against its use. The book presents a blend of personal perspective and observational inquiry, challenging popular beliefs about tobacco's benefits. In this work, King James I articulates his disdain for tobacco, arguing that its introduction into English society is emblematic of more profound societal errors. He outlines that tobacco originated from barbarous practices among Indigenous peoples, which he finds disgraceful for a civilized nation to emulate. Throughout the pamphlet, he examines various misconceptions surrounding tobacco’s medicinal properties, suggesting that these beliefs are misguided. The king condemns tobacco not only as physically harmful but also as a cause of moral corruption, tying its use to greater societal issues such as laziness and vanity. Ultimately, his work aims to provoke reflection and reform in his readership concerning the health and moral implications of tobacco use. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Tobacco GT Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 66987 2025-08-07T09:41:01.827643 text/html 63446 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/html 98144 2025-08-07T09:41:06.805628 application/epub+zip 96627 2025-08-07T09:41:04.568611 application/epub+zip 82797 2025-08-07T09:41:03.473624 application/epub+zip 207894 2025-08-07T09:41:08.450606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198449 2025-08-07T09:41:06.133619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151458 2022-09-08T08:47:12.484413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56620 2025-08-07T09:41:01.543666 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56413 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56404 2020-12-12T20:51:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20759 2025-08-07T09:41:08.582603 application/rdf+xml 14065 2025-08-07T09:41:03.961611 image/jpeg 3934 2025-08-07T09:41:03.716612 image/jpeg 22150 2020-12-12T20:51:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 24179 2020-12-12T20:51:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 22132 2020-12-12T20:51:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 95907 2025-08-07T09:41:01.835619 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia