Smoking Tobacco in Iran - New Market Study Published
Iranian water pipes (ghalioun) are traditionally popular in the country, dating back to Safavid and Ghajar times. Initially, plain tobacco leaves were used. Traditionally, people soaked the leaves and prepared them for smoking. Ghalioun tobacco was a very important product during the 19th century and even was used as a way to show protest against the Shah known as "Tobacco Protest." This protest was a Shi'a cleric-led revolt in Iran against an 1890 tobacco concession granted by the Shah to...
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