Musings Of A Mountain Mama

Thirty three years young, wife of one man, mama of six

children, homeschooler, homesteader, homebirther, self-
taught amateur herbalist (15+ years pharmaceutical free!)
hobbyist photographer (yes, all the photos are mine),
former c.n.a. turned wannabe midwife, prepper,
survivalist, avid gamer, incessant reader, nourishing
traditional whole foods eatin', metalcore lovin',
unapologetic christian foundation cannot be moved,
poetical, slightly eccentric "think outside the box"
opinionated woman living in the backwoods mountains of
southeastern West Virginia

The Health Benefits Of Tobacco

JUNE 14, 2012JUNE 17, 2012 / EVENAVAPOR

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A Virginia Gold Tobacco Plant in the garden…almost ready for
harvest!

Now, I know what you are thinking, “What?! What in the world
is she talking about?? Tobacco Kills!”

And I am asking you, for 5 seconds, to just step outside your mind
control and consider what I am about to tell you with an open
and objective mind. First of all, lemme get one thing straight, I
am NOT talking about cigare es (which contains HUNDREDS of
additives that are NOT healthy in any way shape or form) or any
commercially grown tobacco (grown using pesticides, herbicides,
fungicides, chemical fertilizers etc.)…so you can scratch those
things off the list right from the get-go.

What I AM talking about is Tobacco as a plant, for that is what it

is. It is NOT a drug! Tylenol is a DRUG! Advil is a DRUG!
Dimetapp is a DRUG! Tobacco is a plant, created by God, for
each individual person to utilize as they see fit…for that is the
responsibility that HE has given us as human beings on this
planet. To have DOMINION (sphere of influence, control,
sovereignty) over ALL Creation, NOT the government, but each
indiviual person as a sovereign human being.

For over three hundred years Tobacco has been the backbone of
our American Economy and there is nothing wrong with that.
The people who malign tobacco have a hidden agenda, they want
to control the population through FEAR…fear of tobacco and the
ostracization and shaming of those who continue to use it (the
divide and conquer tactic, always having people fighting amongst
themselves over stupid things that have no actual basis in REAL
reality) being one way, and also downplaying and rewriting our
history as being backwards and wrong because America has
always been a tobacco-growing and tobacco-loving country. To
vilify Tobacco is, at it’s heart, part of a scheme to vilify Traditional
Constitutional America and ALL that it stands for, including the
TRUTH contained within Our Constitution that Our Rights come
to us from Our Creator and NOT from the government…but, I
digress…

We are growing tobacco for the first time this year and it is quite a
beautiful and very easy to grow plant. When the plants were still
quite young we harvested a few leaves from each one and air
dried them in the traditional method, by hanging them upside
down in a WARM (80-90F) well-ventilated room until the leaves
dry and turn brown, if the leaves turn yellow it means that the
temperature wasn’t warm enough and it won’t taste good. We
then vaporized it using a Vapor Genie
(h p://www.vaporgenie.com/) which we also use for other herbs
such mullien, sage or catnip. I have weak lungs from a bad case
of bronchitis that I got as a young teen and often treat recurring
issues (such as asthma) by inhaling the water vapor of herbs that
are beneficial to the lungs.

I was very surprised by how pronounced the taste was! Even in

young leaves! We’re growing the original heirloom Virginia Gold
Tobacco that made this country very rich….and it is VERY rich-
tasting! But mild also, with no harshness at all. Really very good
stuff and I am excited for when ALL of our plants reach full
maturity!

According to the well-researched book “The Health Benefits of

Tobacco
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” wri en by: Dr. William Douglass (he also wrote “The Milk
Book”…now called “The Raw Truth About Milk
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” which I read several years ago), from the studies he has
conducted and read, the health benefits of tobacco are numerous
and plentiful…even when smoking cigare es! But only if you
limit it to 6-10 cigare es a day, more than 10 and the toxic
additives and the smoke from the burning paper outweigh the
beneficial effects.

Here is a partial list of the beneficial effects of tobacco usage:

*50% less cancer in general (those who inhale cigare e smoke have
an increased risk of lung cancer, but many other types of cancer
risk are actually reduced quite drastically by smoking).

*Even in the case of lung cancer, Japanese men, who are twice as
likely to smoke as American men, not only live longer but also,
remarkably, have lower rates of lung cancer than Americans. (this
is mostly due to the different methods of curing…Americans use
flue-curing which speeds up the process but creates more sugar in
the leaf…The Japanese use the traditional air-drying method that
I mentioned earlier in this post.)

*–In fact, there’s a stronger relation between medical radiation,

such as X-rays and lung cancer, than there is between smoking
and lung cancer.

*Smokers have 50% less Alzheimer’s disease.

*Smokers have 50% less Parkinson’s disease.

*Smokers have 50% less prostate cancer.

*Smokers have 50% less uterine cancer (or endometrial cancer).

*Smokers have 50% less ulcerative colitis.

*Smokers have 30% less colon cancer.

*Smokers have 5 times less osteoarthritis.

*One study of 300 women showed that those smoking a pack a

day for four years had a 54% decrease in breast cancer over those
who did not smoke at all.

*Thyroid cancer is significantly less common in women who

smoke.

*Moderate smokers have less gum recession than nonsmokers.

Smokers are actually at lower risk from gum disease than non-
smokers.

*Nicotine prior to major surgery reduces memory loss due to that

surgery.

*Nicotine stopped the growth of antibiotic resistant tuberculosis

in laboratory tests, even in small amounts.
*Smoking lowers rates of sarcoidosis and allergic alveolitis (both
of these are lung disorders).

*Smokers have less acne.

*Smokers suffer less obesity.

*Toure e’s syndrome improved within 24 hours while wearing a

nicotine patch.

*A ention Deficit Disorder patients showed dramatic

improvements with nicotine.

*Smoking has been shown to stimulate alertness, dexterity, and

cognitive capacity (Which might be one reason why the Synod of
Dordrecht, which met in the Netherlands in 1618-1619 to discuss
the doctrines of Calvinism, allegedly gave free cigars and beer to
all the commissioners during their deliberations! LOL).

*Smoking can also counter both depression and excitability.

*Smoking inhibits blood clo ing, thereby dissolving harmful clots

in the arteries and relieving ischemic heart disease. Smokers also
have a much be er chance to survive, heal, and do well after heart
angioplastic surgery.

*Nicotine produces new blood vessel growth around blocked

arteries.

*Smoking by women during pregnancy has been shown to

significantly decrease the risk of high blood pressure, eclampsia,
Down’s syndrome, and many other conditions related to
pregnancy.

*Smoking by men was shown to cause a lowering of cholesterol.

*Children of smokers have a lower incidence of asthma.

*Study after study failed to find any consistent, positive

correlation between smoking and musculoskeletal birth defects.
In fact, many studies showed a negative correlation – that is,
smoking during pregnancy could result in fewer defects than not
smoking.

*Studies have shown that nicotine acts as an analgesic, or

painkiller, in humans.

So the next time you see a smoker huddled in the corner at his
designated smoking spot don’t look at him disapprovingly, with
your nose up in the air, thinking that you as a non-smoker are
somehow be er. And ladies who have husbands who smoke,
stop nagging at him to quit..his habit is mostly harmless and may
even be doing some good! He needs a partner who loves and
supports him, “bad habits” and all, the whole world may be
against him as a smoker but the last thing he needs is for his
wife to be against him for something so trivial and so meaningless.

I find it very interesting that the rate of almost ALL forms of

cancer are cut in HALF through tobacco usage, even smoking
cigare es! Kind of makes you wonder what their true intent is in
maligning tobacco, could it be that they want us to get cancer…to
get cancer and then be dependent on them and their
expensive pharmaceutical poisons to “cure” it, and in the process
fleecing the public of it’s every penny…cancer treatment is NOT
cheap folks! They want you dependent upon them and their
system (man’s way) of doing things. When God has given us
plants for food and for healing (Ezekiel 47:12).

“But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall
away from the faith, paying a ention to deceitful spirits and
doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars (such as
those who say it is a sin to smoke, for example) seared in their
own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid
marriage and advocate abstaining from foods, which God has
created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know
the truth.
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be
rejected, if it is received with gratitude.” ~1 Timothy 4:1-4

It’s not such a bad li le plant afterall….

Agrarianism, Health

13 thoughts on “The Health Benefits

Of Tobacco”

1. Jenna Rink
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 AT 02:23
I am a nurse, and I found this post ASTOUNDINGLY
inaccurate and…wow. Just WOW.

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evenavapor
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