During the seventeenth-century, The Europeans’ became addicted to tobacco. Although the King of England found tobacco disgusting, people still enjoyed it. Sailors enjoyed tobacco because it held off their hunger and thirst and gave them back their strength. Europeans used the tobacco to smoke, sniff, chew, drink, and use for enemas. Smoking tobacco became so big in Europe that people smoked everywhere. There were smoking clubs and people even smoked around the dinner table and in bed. Because the Europeans were addicted to tobacco, they began to import more tobacco from the Chesapeake colonies causing the prices of tobacco to drop from a dollar to less than 3 cents. In conclusion, Europeans’ desire for tobacco cause the colonies to prosper.