360 Years of Western Anti-Tobacco Literature360 Years of Western Anti-Tobacco Literature

Map creator: Charles Gould

This map depicts the publication dates of pieces of anti-tobacco literature in the Western World. The timeline at the bottom shows the titles and dates of the works. Each of these dates (and works) is also represented on the bottom-to-top column, and each is connected to its respective location of publication by a line. The data suggest a shift in awareness of tobacco’s ill effects from Europe pre-1800 to the United States post-1800.