A quick question: Poison Ivy in Tobacco

[kenneumann]

First question - I have some tobacco seeds that have magically grown on the other side of my fence line. It's not a problem hopping over to grab them as I do have permission to enter the property. So the question I'm actually concerned about is that growing within the tobacco plant is poison ivy! I've searched online everywhere and can't seem to find the answer to my question. Once the plant is ready to be primed, will there be anything wrong with the tobacco plant? As in safe to smoke after curing/fermentation (Cigar)?

 

[webmost]

Re: A quick question

Fresh out of college, my girl and I rented a white painted cinder block cottage in Stockton CA on 3 1/2 acres with in-ground pool, air, bamboo grove, fruit trees, work shop ... all for $95/month. Owners were a pair of lesbian professors, poetry and phyzz ed, moving to Walnut Creek, cause poetry had a new job teaching at Berzerkely. Butch didn't have a coaching gig yet, so she set about new house chores. Couple weeks in, she figured she'd clear poison oak outta the yard. Something to do. Piled it up and burnt it. Burnt it. Took her three days to die in the hospital. Miserablest death I ever heard of. Nicest pair you could ever meet. Can you imagine? Poison oak all down inside you. Drowned in blisters.

Moral of the story: I wouldn't smoke it.

 

[deluxestogie]

Urushiol, the primary allergen in poison ivy (poison oak, poison sumac, mango skin) is likely to persist on the tobacco, and become aerosolized when the tobacco is burned.

Welcome to the forum.

Bob

 

[rustycase]

I have personally had serious problems from burning poison ok.
The smoke is very toxic.
I am a slow learner, but will only make that mistake once.
rc

 

[USHOG]

Kill the poison ivy and then grow. I am not bothered at all by poison ivy or oak but even days later after I am in the woods my wife used to get it from my jeans and shirsts. So I still have to stay away from it and watch what I do. It can be a very bad thing around the wrong person

 

[kenneumann]

Thanks for all the replies. I will definitely ignore the plant. I do know not to burn ivy, but I will try to kill it so it doesn't try to creep up in my yard.