烟草大约于明代嘉靖末至万历初经菲律宾传入我国南方,后迅速在全国推广种植,吸烟人数呈几何级数增长。至清代,吸烟已成为国人的基本嗜好。在很多国家,吸烟一开始都被认为是一种非常怪异的行为而遭人排斥,而明清时期的中国人为什么能迅速接受烟草并加以传播呢? Tobacco spread to the south of our country about the end of the Ming Dynasty from the end of Jiajing to Wanli, and quickly spread throughout the country. The smoking population increased geometrically. To the Qing Dynasty, smoking has become the basic hobby of the people. In many countries, smoking was initially regarded as a very weird act that was excluded. Why did the Chinese in the Ming and Qing Dynastans quickly accept tobacco and spread it?