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At the origins of tobacco-smoking and tea consumption in a virgin population (Yakutia, 1650–1900 a.d.): Comparison of pharmacological, histological, economic and cultural data. / Macé, Matthias; Richeval, Camille; Alcouffe, Ameline et al.
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T1 - At the origins of tobacco-smoking and tea consumption in a virgin population (Yakutia, 1650–1900 a.d.): Comparison of pharmacological, histological, economic and cultural data
AU - Macé, Matthias
AU - Richeval, Camille
AU - Alcouffe, Ameline
AU - Romanova, Liubomira
AU - Gérard, Patrice
AU - Duchesne, Sylvie
AU - Cannet, Catherine
AU - Boyarskikh, Irina
AU - Géraut, Annie
AU - Zvénigorosky, Vincent
AU - Nikolaeva, Darya
AU - Stepanoff, Charles
AU - Allorge, Delphine
AU - Debrenne, Michele
AU - Telmon, Norbert
AU - Ludes, Bertrand
AU - Alexeev, Anatoly
AU - Gaulier, Jean Michel
AU - Crubézy, Eric
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the program of the France-Russia Associated International Laboratory (LIA COSIE number 1029), associating the North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Sakha Republic), the State Medical University of Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (Moscow, Russia), the University of Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, the University of Strasbourg I (France) and the National Centre for Scientific Research (Paris, France). Funding for excavations was provided by the French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor, the French Archaeological Mission in Oriental Siberia (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France), the North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Sakha Republic). Funding for analysis was provided by ULR 4483-IMPECS-IMPact de l?Environnement Chimique sur la Sant?. The ANR Life change directed by Ludovic Orlando is warmly thanked. Funding Information: Funding: This work was supported by the program of the France-Russia Associated International Laboratory (LIA COSIE number 1029), associating the North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Sakha Republic), the State Medical University of Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (Moscow, Russia), the University of Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, the University of Strasbourg I (France) and the National Centre for Scientific Research (Paris, France). Funding for excavations was provided by the French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor, the French Archaeological Mission in Oriental Siberia (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France), the North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Sakha Republic). Funding for analysis was provided by ULR 4483-IMPECS-IMPact de l’Environnement Chimique sur la Santé. The ANR Life change directed by Ludovic Orlando is warmly thanked. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - (1) Background: The way tobacco and tea spread among virgin populations is of major interest our understanding of how ancient economic and cultural practices could have influenced current habits. (2) Methods: hair concentrations of theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, nicotine, and cotinine were measured in hair samples from 47 frozen bodies of people from eastern Siberia, dated from the contact with Europeans to the assimilation of people into Russian society. (3) Results: hair concentration of theobromine, theophylline, and caffeine vary with the type of beverage consumed: green, black, or local herbal teas. Shortly after the first contacts, a few heavy consumers of tobacco were found among light or passive consumers. Tobacco-related co-morbidities began to be recorded one century after and heavy tea users were only found from the 19th century (4) Conclusions: Economic factors and social and family contacts seem to have played a decisive role in tobacco consumption very early on. Behavioral evolution governed the process of substance integration into Siberian culture and was a determinant for the continuity of its use across long periods of time. Analyzing the respective contributions of social and economic processes in the use of these substances opens avenues of investigation for today’s public health.
AB - (1) Background: The way tobacco and tea spread among virgin populations is of major interest our understanding of how ancient economic and cultural practices could have influenced current habits. (2) Methods: hair concentrations of theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, nicotine, and cotinine were measured in hair samples from 47 frozen bodies of people from eastern Siberia, dated from the contact with Europeans to the assimilation of people into Russian society. (3) Results: hair concentration of theobromine, theophylline, and caffeine vary with the type of beverage consumed: green, black, or local herbal teas. Shortly after the first contacts, a few heavy consumers of tobacco were found among light or passive consumers. Tobacco-related co-morbidities began to be recorded one century after and heavy tea users were only found from the 19th century (4) Conclusions: Economic factors and social and family contacts seem to have played a decisive role in tobacco consumption very early on. Behavioral evolution governed the process of substance integration into Siberian culture and was a determinant for the continuity of its use across long periods of time. Analyzing the respective contributions of social and economic processes in the use of these substances opens avenues of investigation for today’s public health.
KW - Caffeine
KW - Cotinine
KW - Green tea
KW - Herbal teas
KW - Mummies histology
KW - Nicotine
KW - Pipe
KW - Theobromine
KW - Theophylline
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U2 - 10.3390/biology10121271
DO - 10.3390/biology10121271
M3 - Article
C2 - 34943186
AN - SCOPUS:85121599049
VL - 10
JO - Biology
JF - Biology
SN - 2079-7737
IS - 12
M1 - 1271
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