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In 1633, Sultan Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire banned tobacco, coffee, and alcohol, punishable by death. He blamed them for fueling unrest, and he personally would patrol the streets and execute suspected violators on the spot. Murad and Sultan are now known as Turkish-tobacco cigarette brands. The drugs won that war. In fact, once he tortured twenty of his own officers to death for using…
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In 1633, Sultan Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire banned tobacco, coffee, and alcohol, punishable by death. He blamed them for fueling unrest, and he personally would patrol the streets and execute suspected violators on the spot. Murad and Sultan are now known as Turkish-tobacco cigarette brands. The drugs won that war. In fact, once he tortured twenty of his own officers to death for using…