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Domestic News
October 27, 1888
The Woman's Tribune
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
Historical observation claims that since Europeans introduced tobacco to New Zealand's Maori people, whom they found physically superior, the Maoris have developed a passion for it, leading to population decimation and reduced stature and well-being, per C. W. Lyman in Medical Journal.
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Tobacco And Vitality.—When Europeans first visited New Zealand they found in the native Maoris the most finely developed and powerful men of any of the tribes inhabiting the islands of the Pacific. Since the introduction of tobacco, for which the Maoris developed a passionate liking, they have from this cause alone, it is said, become decimated in numbers, and at the same time reduced in stature and in physical well-being so as to be an altogether inferior type of men.—C. W. Lyman, in Medical Journal.
What sub-type of article is it?
Indian Affairs
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Tobacco
Maoris
New Zealand
Vitality
Population Decline
Physical Decline
What entities or persons were involved?
Maoris
C. W. Lyman
Where did it happen?
New Zealand
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New Zealand
Key Persons
Maoris
C. W. Lyman
Outcome
decimated in numbers, reduced in stature and physical well-being, inferior type of men
Event Details
Europeans found native Maoris finely developed and powerful; since tobacco introduction, Maoris developed passionate liking, leading to decimation and physical decline from this cause alone.