Behind the smoky curtains of the tobacco industry, you may find an innocent and relatively harmless plant - tobacco - and a lot of grabblers with addictive chemicals in their hands and money in their pockets. Since this video originally aired on Austin Community Television's "Alternative Views" over 60 million Americans have died of preventable smoking-related disease. Learn how to protect yourself if you are a smoker, or how to protect your loved ones who smoke, as well as how to help protect the children of smokers, in this hard-hitting video filled with facts that the cigarette industry does not want you to hear. Featuring Bill Drake, author of "The Cultivators Handbook of Marijuana; "The Cultivators Handbook of Natural Tobacco; and "The International Cultivators Handbook of Opium, Coca, and Hashish".