He swears that the Native American tobacco has medicinal properties. He also swears that the chemical filters and genetically and chemically altered tobacco that is now in mass production is the "killer".

I thought about this and being an avid anti-smoker had to admit that my grandparents and great-grandparents lived to be very old and smoked the type tobacco that he mentioned.

So, food for thought. If you are gonna smoke smoke the organic Native American tobacco. The common tobacco products are lethal.

Just my two cents,

But, when I came down with this....I liked the smell and had a strong desire to smoke.

I waited it out and that desire went away.

I still think rolling leaves up and putting smoke in your body just doesn't make common sense.

The smoking is an obvious no brainer when it comes to negatively affecting ones health. The alcohol usage while many people can indulge at safe levels also stymies lyme patients. Simply put when you are on an abx, you are more vulnerable to yeast infections. Alcohol is a sugar....you become your own brewery! Also the body does not metabolize alcohol as well when it is infected with lyme.

I guess the bottom line is what can we do to give our bodies the best possible chance at getting well, and using substances like tobacco and alcohol is not going to strengthen the body. They should be avoided.
cootiegirl

It is true that the more well know brands add chemicals to their products, which are not found in tobacco naturally.

About 90% of a cigarette is plant matter. The additional 10% is a combination of chemicals and other additives. These chemicals include ammonia and sugars.

The amounts of these agents differ according to the type and brand of cigarette.

don't get me wrong,if i could put them down and walk away, i would.

i make my own. that way ,george don't get the tax.

gary

Here's my understanding: Nicotine mimics the action of natural neurotransmitters, and in the brain at least 2 of these transmitters affect cognitive functioning. It also affects how the brain processes dopamine, a big issue for Lymies. That, in addition to the boost nicotine gives to the metabolism, may explain why Lymies begin craving it.

In my observation, it also goes along with the obsessive/compulsive aspect of LD/Co. Which makes it doubly hard to quit.

Smoking is a truly lousy idea in so many ways, and especially for Lymies. But I've never seen anyone nagged out of doing it. I know from personal experience how upsetting it is to watch someone hit the cigarets like some people hit the bottle. I also know what a bad effect it has on a relationship to continually criticize someone for what they are doing.

No one in my family has ever grown tobacco. But I've noticed they grow it in long rows--do you think it is like corn and you have to have many to get a good germination?

It use to be quite a cash crop around here becuse of all the subsidies.

plus i don't know about the taxman.

a 6 oz.can of "natural american spirit" run's about ten buck's. a box of premade filter paper's is around $3.50.

i just bought a new machine to make cigarette's,that was $45.00....

for me to make them myself,the cost is about maybe fifteen dollar's a carton.to buy them here in pa.,run's about 35.00 to$40.00 a carton.

so i make out.i do have all this time on my hand's now.......gary

When I was in college,I would ride my bike to school and had to go right thru the heart of tobacco warehouse section.
At first my stomach turned at the smell of all that cured tobacco.Cured out in little log cabins,really.

Then I developed a true appreciation for that smell.Some houses smelled better and you could tell where the finer leaves were with your nose.

My favorite honey was bastard honey,had a hint of tobacco flower in it.