[John Will]

I thought Tobacco was the evil crop itself.[sarcasam off]

[Paleo Conservative]

President Bill Clinton:
I didn't inhale

[Firefigher NC]

By the time this new tobacco comes around I'll have already developed lung cancer. But I'm crossing my fingers for this new treatment that's being touted as the future miracle cure for cancer ;-)

[saluki_in_ohio]

Go Salukis!

[Red Badger]

How can you have an "extra" gene?.........

[theDentist]

Is this an infomercial to increase sales of chewin' tobaccah?

[Just another Joe]

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Fond memories of many partys, many college age girls, and Little Grassy Boy Scout camp.

Puff

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

After its introduction to Europeans in the 15th Century, tobacco was viewed as a medical marvel. It's only been in the past half-century that it's been demonized. It's wonderful that research is being done for potential positive uses. In the meantime, I can tell my wife that my puros are for medicinal purposes.

[TChad]

Excerpts from Bob Newhart’s classic routine describing a phone call from Sir Walter Raleigh to the head of the “West Indies Company” in England.

“Yeah? Who is it, Frank? Sir Walter Raleigh? Yeah, yeah, put him on, will you! Hey, Harry you wanna pick up the extension? It's nutty Walter again."

“What you got for us this time, Walt? You got another winner for us?”

“To-bac-co” er, what's “to-bac-co,” Walt? It's a kind of leaf, huh? And you bought eighty tons of it? Let me get this straight, Walt. You've bought eighty tons of leaves? This may come as a kind of a surprise to you Walt, but come fall in England, we're kinda up to our…”

“Are you saying ‘snuff,’ Walt? What's ‘snuff’? You take a pinch of tobacco and you shove it up your nose and it makes you sneeze? Yeah, I imagine it would, Walt! Hey, Goldenrod seems to do it pretty well over here!”

“It has other uses though, huh? You can chew it! Or put it in a pipe! Or you can shred it up and put it in a piece of paper and roll it up -- don't tell me, Walt, don't tell me -- you stick it in your ear, right? Oh! Between your lips! Then what do you do, Walt? You set fire to it! Then what do you do, Walt? You inhale the smoke, huh?”

“You know, Walt it seems you can stand in front of your own fireplace and have the same thing going for you! You see, Walt, we've been a little worried about you, you know, ever since you put your cape down over that mud. See, Walt, I think you're gonna have rather a tough time selling people on sticking burning leaves in their mouths!”