quickly dropped from production in the United States in favor of this easy to produce, easy to inhale tobacco product. Sales of cigarettes grew astronomically. In one example, American Tobacco Co., listed on the American Stock Exchange, with sales of $25,000,000 in 1890, increased its sales to $316,000,000 in 1903. After the Civil War debts were paid off, taxes were almost completely removed from cigarettes. It was at this point, that the cigarette became an integral part of American culture, which lasted until scientific discoveries revealed the health consequences of smoking. See also Atlantic slave trade Dipping tobacco Plantation economy Tobacco and Slaves (1986 book) Tobacco industry Tobacco smoking Types of tobacco Footnotes References Breen, T.H. Tobacco Culture: The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of Revolution. New Jersey: Princeton,1985. Burns, Eric. The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History of Tobacco. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007. Gately, Iain. Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization. New York: Grove Press, 2001. Kulikoff, Allan. Tobacco & Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake. North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. Porter, Patrick P. “Origins of the American Tobacco Company” The Business History Review, Vol.43, No. 1.(1969) Prince Jr., Eldred E. Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina. Athens GA:University of Georgia Press, 2000. History of tobacco . Cultural history of the United States Economic history of the United States . History of the United States by topic