Holy Smoke!: When Tobacco Was A Religious Ritual - By: Ann Knapp, 2009-01-31

Many cigar smokers know that their chosen indulgence was once, for many Native American groups, part of religious ceremonies. But do they also know that as late as 1586, one British scientist was so taken with the mind- and feeling-altering powers of tobacco as to call it a "holy smoke"?

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