![H i s t o r y V i l l e on X: "In 1559, 29-year-old Jean Nicot was sent as the French ambassador to Portugal. The following year, he returned H i s t o r y V i l l e on X: "In 1559, 29-year-old Jean Nicot was sent as the French ambassador to Portugal. The following year, he returned](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKoINtLX0AAeVaa.png)
H i s t o r y V i l l e on X: "In 1559, 29-year-old Jean Nicot was sent as the French ambassador to Portugal. The following year, he returned
![HISTORY OF TOBACCO - A portrait of Jean Nicot 1530-1600 (after which Nicotine was named) one time French ambassador to Portugal Stock Photo - Alamy HISTORY OF TOBACCO - A portrait of Jean Nicot 1530-1600 (after which Nicotine was named) one time French ambassador to Portugal Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KFNEPM/history-of-tobacco-a-portrait-of-jean-nicot-1530-1600-after-which-KFNEPM.jpg)
HISTORY OF TOBACCO - A portrait of Jean Nicot 1530-1600 (after which Nicotine was named) one time French ambassador to Portugal Stock Photo - Alamy
![File:Jean Nicot presenting the tobacco plant to Queen Catherine de Medicis and the Grand Prior of the House of Lorraine 1655 (i.e., 1561) LCCN96505790.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Jean Nicot presenting the tobacco plant to Queen Catherine de Medicis and the Grand Prior of the House of Lorraine 1655 (i.e., 1561) LCCN96505790.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Jean_Nicot_presenting_the_tobacco_plant_to_Queen_Catherine_de_Medicis_and_the_Grand_Prior_of_the_House_of_Lorraine_1655_%28i.e.%2C_1561%29_LCCN96505790.jpg)
File:Jean Nicot presenting the tobacco plant to Queen Catherine de Medicis and the Grand Prior of the House of Lorraine 1655 (i.e., 1561) LCCN96505790.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![JEAN NICOT French diplomat and scholar who introduced tobacco from Portugal into France Date: circa 1530 - 1600 Stock Photo - Alamy JEAN NICOT French diplomat and scholar who introduced tobacco from Portugal into France Date: circa 1530 - 1600 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G39XB8/jean-nicot-french-diplomat-and-scholar-who-introduced-tobacco-from-G39XB8.jpg)