TY - JOUR

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

ER -