Gender differences in tobacco habits among rural Kadazans and Bajaus in Sabah. (Research Notes).

Borneo Research Bulletin | January 1, 2001| | Copyright

Introduction

Cigarettes became the dominant form of tobacco use in the twentieth century with the introduction of machine-manufactured cigarettes in 1881. European powers changed the agricultural patterns of their colonies in many parts of the world; these countries were encouraged to grow tobacco and even when they achieved independence, they continued to grow tobacco for its earnings (Chollat-Traquet 1992). In Sabab, the British started trial planting of tobacco in the Sandakan area in the early 1880s. When the first Sabah leaf sold in Amsterdam was considered to ...

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