Tabagie
The term tobacco (from Spanish or French for feast ) refers to a place where smoking was allowed or which offered tobacco products.
Emergence
When tobacco was introduced in Europe, it was unaffordable for large sections of the population and could often only be purchased in pharmacies . Clay pipes were also not very widespread because of their price. Many inns recognized this as a niche in the market and offered their guests not only alcoholic beverages but also the enjoyment of tobacco in clay pipes that could be rented for a small amount . Due to the mostly simple public, the reputation of the inns soon to be called tobacco shops was often not particularly good.
Further development
The fire risk, which was much higher then than it is today due to the way the cities were built, has led to restrictive regulations for smokers in many countries - especially in Prussia - since the end of the 18th century, which were often issued by police regulations and therefore often locally were different. In many places smoking was also prohibited in the open air, so that the tobacco shop offered a “last refuge”. After the revolution in 1848, the regulations for smokers were liberalized again in many places, for example in Berlin. With the spread of tobacco, tobacco shops had also emerged that addressed the bourgeoisie and applied accordingly, such as with the statement that apprentices, indecent women and similarly clad people would be expelled from tobacco shops. Occasionally, inns still refer to themselves as tobacco shops.
Others
Among other things, the tabagie of master Stephan , a former master tailor who ran the tabagie in Stolp and was the father of the postmaster general Heinrich von Stephan , has remained well-known, in whose memoirs various scenes from his father's tobacco shop are described.
In Quebec French , the word "tabagie" refers to a shop that sells newspapers and tobacco products.
See also
literature
- Egon Conte : The History of Smoking. "The dry drunkenness"; Origin, Struggle and Triumph of Smoking. Insel-Verlag: Frankfurt / Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-32604-9 (reprint of the Leipzig 1930 edition)