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3/30/2010

Several Native American tribes passed a policy that prohibits commercial tobacco companies from distributing free tobacco samples on tribal lands. The use of non-commercial tobacco for traditional and ceremonial purposes is excluded from this policy. Tribal leaders believe that commercial tobacco companies have tried to manipulate the sacred use of tobacco by improperly suggesting that commercial cigarette and smokeless tobacco products are retail substitutes for tobacco approved by elders for ceremonial use.