Conclusion

American colonist's counterpart Great Britain was not as quick to accept the pleasure drug. Tobacco was not a demure or prestine habit to have and it was often assoicated with lower class. Looking through the evidence on the Social and Cultural Aspects of Tobacco the beliefs held by a lot of Europeans in the late 18th and early 19th century was that tobacco was below them and not morally ambiguous. Socialites or upcoming people in society saw this as social suicide as not wanting to be associated with drugs "on the street". As you can see reputation was everything until England flipped the script and opened up smoking lounges for the said socialites to attend and socialize at. 7,8)

7 "The Geographical DESCRIPTION of a New and Accurate MAP of NORTH WALES." Universal Magazine of Knowledge & Pleasure 38, no. 263 (1766): 130

8 Jonathan Carver , Flowers of the Tobacco Plant, photograph (Library of Virginia , 1779), Library of Virginia .