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no i don't even think the drug tobacco was discovered yet.

this is a ridiculous answer - the native Americans were using tobacco as early as 400 AD, which was demonstrated by a carving of a Mayan priest smoking that dated around that time. The Native Americans tried to give Columbus tobacco in the 1490's. Tobacco was around long before Ben Franklin, in fact it was one of this countries largest exports before and after the revolution. I do not know if he smoked, but he almost definitely grew tobacco.

Actually, while it is well-known that most of the 'founding fathers' did grow tobacco (as in George Washington, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson), there is no evidence that Ben ever smoked nor grew tobacco.

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