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Adnan Harun Yahya
(Left) Cibali tobacco factory
(Above) Factory workers
Instead of fighting to prevent the production and use of this substance,
which is lethal for humans, which caused physical and spiritual degeneracy
in Turkish youth and wasted away the energy of the nation, Abdul Hamid II
continuously encouraged its use. He himself was a tobacco addict. This harm-
ful habit of his is a well-known historical fact, confirmed by many accounts.
So much so, his infamous smoking habit was known in even as far away as
America. His favorite cigarette was the American 'Ateshian'. This prompted
the company to use in its advertisements the slogan 'The cigarret smoked by
His Imperial Majesty Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey'.
İbrahim Peçevi, one of the most prominent chroniclers of the Ottoman
Empire, explained how the British introduced tobacco to the Ottoman Em-
pire in his two-volume book Tarih-i Peçevi (Peçevi's History):
