SMOKERS (I am not one): you may now claim a SPIRITUAL use of tobacco that should relieve you of the persecution by the left! When the left gets on you for smoking, point out that you are using tobacco in a SPIRITUAL manner.
That's a good idea.
"I am Jhoffa_ and as a devout Marlboroite I find your attempted infringment on my Constitutional Right to practice my religion unacceptable"
Sure, it's pretty lame. But then so is the case made by the manipulators.