[16] Tobacco was introduced close to 1600 by French retailers in what today is contemporary-day The Gambia and Senegal. At the same time caravans from Morocco introduced tobacco for the spots all over Timbuktu and also the Portuguese introduced the commodity (as well as the plant) to southern Africa, https://hypebookmarking.com/story19022146/helping-the-others-realize-the-advantages-of-smoking