Course, the problem wouldn't exist if ALL smokers were wiped out first! An ex big time smoker!!! And, yes, one CAN quit, if one exercises some will power, I did after 32 years, last 12 of which I inhaled every puff of a pipe, and when coughing with every other puff decided me that cancer and emphysema were not what I wanted(got the latter anyway) I quit, cold turkey. Now there is a can of worms open! But, ya know what? My taste buds work, and I can taste chiles again!!! Cheers, Doug in BC Robert Farr wrote: > > Mark: > > I've had my chile plants infected w/ TMV. Got it by smoking a Camel, > then potting up about 240 seedlings. > > Wiped out my whole crop. > > TMV is still serious biz - and I wouldn't touch tobacco and garden w/out > washing my hands w/ soap and alcohol and changing my clothes. > > Even tobacco smoke on clothes - so my greenhouse growing buddies tell me > - can wipe out a crop, and no one w/ smoke on their clothes is ever > allowed in a greenhouse. > > -- > Robert Farr > (540) 668-7160 > Check out http://www.chileman.com > for ALL Natural Cooking & Grilling Sauces!