"'Tis true, 'tis true, 'tis pity, 'tis true." Larry, it's too bad about what happened to tobacco. The Native American's consider it sacred, and use it for special occasions. This I do not have a single problem with, and in fact, I honor the tradition. But you sure don't see those Native Americans who value tobacco as sacred hanging around on corners with a butt in their mouth. They understand it, they don't abuse it. White man came and pumped it full of chemicals and marketed it as some sort of fashionable relaxant or stress buster or something, when really they were chaining people to a potentially dangerous addiction. The modern use of tobacco invalidates everything the Native Americans hold dear about it's special & religious uses. There is a law in my religion (Roman Catholicism) that bring severe penalties against anyone who steals and subsequently sells religious items. I think Native Americans should get together an sue Big Tobacco on this claim, and be rid of commercial tobacco sales. In spite of this, I do feel a great amount sympathy with the North Carolina tobacco growers here, who have grown tobacco for generations, and would be homeless without their cash crop. What to do! What a sad world we live in.