Synopsis
Sexy Nicotine narrates the history of tobacco cultivated and consumed by the natives of South America. Tobacco was used with religious, medicinal and social purposes before the arrival of Columbus. Nevertheless, when the European initiated the colonization of the New Continent, this product adopted a totally different function and changed thereby the course of the world-wide economy.

The author of this books narrates the history of the tobacco plant and its relation to great events of humanity: from the slaves commerce in Africa to the foundation of the Dutch commercial empire. Written in an an agile and entertaining style, the pages of this book are full of peculiar, funny and surprising anecdotes (even Columbus and Pocahontas participated in the history of tobacco).