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+ | '''Tobacco''' was an agricultural product on the planet [[Earth]] processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana of the Nightshades family. To extract nicotine, a highly addictive and [[poison]]ous substance, humans [[smoking|smoked]] toacco on [[Earth]] until at least the [[21st century]]. |
+ | During the [[19th century]] tobacco was on sale in a shop in the [[Ireland|Irish]] village of [[Fair Haven]], if the holoprogram [[Paris 042]] is to be believed. ({{VOY|Fair Haven}}) |
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− | :''In "[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]", director [[Nicholas Meyer]] had "No Smoking" signs posted on the bridge of the Enterprise. On [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s insistance, they were removed. Roddenberry felt that enlightened future humans would not have hang-ups or addictions like smoking.'' |
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+ | [[Data]] would smoke a pipe when portraying [[Sherlock Holmes]] on the [[holodeck]], as it was part of the role. ({{TNG|Elementary, Dear Data|Ship in a Bottle}}) |
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+ | Captain [[Jean Luc Picard]] lit a tobacco cigarette while portraying [[Dixon Hill]] on the [[holodeck]]. ({{TNG|The Big Goodbye}}) |
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+ | * {{wikipedia}} |
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Revision as of 02:44, 22 September 2012
Tobacco was an agricultural product on the planet Earth processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana of the Nightshades family. To extract nicotine, a highly addictive and poisonous substance, humans smoked toacco on Earth until at least the 21st century.
During the 19th century tobacco was on sale in a shop in the Irish village of Fair Haven, if the holoprogram Paris 042 is to be believed. (VOY: "Fair Haven")
Data would smoke a pipe when portraying Sherlock Holmes on the holodeck, as it was part of the role. (TNG: "Elementary, Dear Data", "Ship in a Bottle")
Captain Jean Luc Picard lit a tobacco cigarette while portraying Dixon Hill on the holodeck. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")
When Quark, Rom and Nog found themselves in 1940s Earth, virtually all of the Humans they encountered were smokers. Quark had a particularly negative reaction to the tobacco smoke. (DS9: "Little Green Men")