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To shed some light in this smoke-screen filled room...
-American Spirit does not use any processing chemicals with their tobacco other than water.
-Organic tobacco growers do not use phosphate fertilizers. We also do not use aldicarb(Temik), maleic hydrazide or Orthene. Google these products and decide which you would rather smoke.
-Any time you burn something, organic or not it produces potentially harmful fumes. If this makes you feel holier-than-thou, ride your bike and wear extra sweaters in the winter.
-Organic tobacco growers are deeply appreciative of the support from the concious smoking community.
American Spirit's program has converted over 1000 acres of conventional farmland to organic production. Today we are growing organic vegetables, culinary herbs and free-range beef as well as tobacco.
-Some of us are taking this thing to the next level. We have recieved approval from the US Treasury and Tax Bureau to market our tobacco as whole leaf directly to the consumer.
We hope to educate interested parties about the spiritual uses of tobacco as medicine, as a sacrament and as a social bonding ceremony.
Western society turns everything into an addiction - food, sex, adrenaline, they will all kill you if taken to the max.
Tobacco Spirit teaches us that very small amounts of some things can have very powerful and beneficial effects when used properly.
For a short treatise on The Respectful and Ceremonial Use of Tobacco, please email me.
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