Sacred Smoke

The cigarette was never just tobacco.

For thousands of years, the plant was sacred. A pipe passed in a circle. A prayer carried on the air. Then someone found out it could be sold by the billion.

Part One shows you what the plant was, what was done to it, and why the thing in your pocket is not the thing your great-grandfather smoked. Then the family. Eli is sixteen, and his little sister is counting his cigarettes.