HISTORY OF CIGARETTES IN INDONESIA
When talking about cigarettes, certainly no stranger to sound in our ears all. Who does not know about cigarettes??? No ads, banners, and even up to sponsor football in Indonesia is also there. Although just only, but I want to explain about the history of this cigarette. Indonesia's smoking habit, according to TS Raffles in his History of Java, first introduced by the Netherland in 1601. In Sangkala Ing Chronicle also mentioned that smoking occurs simultaneously with the death of Panembahan Senopati, ie between the years 1601-1602. In other areas, the source comes from the records of the Europeans, namely in 1603, is told that the authorities of Aceh has been used to smoking tobacco. In the same year, the presence of smokers in the Javanese began to appear in Bantam.
Though only slightly, but I want to explain about the history of this cigarette. Indonesia's smoking habit, according to TS Raffles in his History of Java, first introduced by the Netherland in 1601. In Sangkala Ing Chronicle also mentioned that smoking occurs simultaneously with the recent passing Panembahan Senopati, that between the years 1601-1602. In other areas, the source comes from the records of the Europeans, that is in 1603, is told that the authorities of Aceh has been used to smoking tobacco. In the same year, the presence of smokers in the Javanese began to appear in Banten.
However, smoking habits, at this early period is merely among the Dutch , the palace and the aristocracy. So you could say smoking is really very luxurious for ordinary people . It was only in the period of the XVI century , which in the early period of Islamic Mataram kingdom , smoke began to seem mundane activities among the general public. At the time of the Islamic Mataram, smoking is already widespread among the Java community. But in the previous two centuries, smoking is only commonly done by the Sultan of Mataram, Sultan Agung.