Smoke Signals - 7Leaf Trading Post Blog

What about the “no additive” issue? Most brands of Native made cigarettes use pure tobacco with no additives. Tobacco was introduced to the “white men” by Native Americans when they first arrived in the New World, claiming they had discovered it. Since they were met on shore by Native Americans who had lived here for quite some time, maybe this claim was a bit inflated?

We all know the history, so let’s continue. Tobacco – pure tobacco – was held sacred by many tribes, and used in ceremonies. The first white tourists that decided to stay fell in love with this leaf that both grew wild and was being cultivated by the Native Americans. These first white tourists took samples home with them as gifts, since no one was selling T-shirts yet.

Folks at home were instantly fans of the leaf, and so came the spread of pure tobacco to the known world (and probably parts of the unknown world since the white men still claimed they discovered America). T-shirts came later and are not claimed by Native Americans, nor are we selling them in our store.

We look forward to communicating more with you on this blog but have to admit real smoke signals were a lot easier to produce and send. Smoke signals did sometimes cause confusion among the white men. Early firemen often responded to a message being sent, instead of a dangerous fire. This could have led to some of the animosity during that time between the white men and the Native Americans – who knows?

Does this help clear things up? What do you think? We look forward to hearing from you, talking with you, sharing with you the same pure tobacco the first white men fell in love with.

Welcome to our new blog! 7 Leaf Trading Post is a store located in Cathedral City, CA on Native American reservation land. We sell “Native Made Tobacco for Less”, both in the store and by mail order. We also sell Native American-made jewelry, pottery, Kachina dolls, carvings, paintings, knives and more in the store. Please visit our web site at: www.7leaftradingpost.com

Our cigarettes are rolled and packaged on Native reservation land and sold on reservation property. The cigarette factory and the store are majority owned by Native Americans who are on tribal rolls. The tobacco is purchased in the same markets as other major tobacco companies.

What’s in it for you? Saving money! The reservations are sovereign nations that aren’t subject to state cigarette taxes, only Federal taxes. The price difference between our product and major brands is the result of taxes levied by different states, at different rates. Also, major brands can have a higher cost of manufacturing, the cost of additives, and advertising and promotion costs.  I recommend you Google “cigarette additives” – quite frightening and remarkable. Another cost factor is the profit margin of the manufacturer and the retailer.

Now let’s talk money – our cigarettes sell from $23.00 to $27.00 per carton (10 normal size packs of cigarettes).

Now let’s talk savings – depending on your state, your savings can go as high as $70.00 a carton!

Questions? Thoughts? Talk back to us in this blog Or, call us at 877-321-1175. Store hours are Monday – Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm (Pacific Time).

Brands we presently sell online include Seneca, Skydancer, Opal, Native, Heron, King Mountain, Sandia, Tucson, Market, and Smokin Joe’s. We also sell King Mountain loose tobacco that you can roll yourself. Nearly all of our cigarettes come in Full Flavor, Light, Ultra Light, Menthol, Ultra Light, and Menthol. All except Opal come in kings and 100’s.