Dr. Jeff Schmitt, one of the world’s most highly respected experts in the neuropharmacology and ethnobotany of tobacco, has developed a new model for treating tobacco dependence based on native principles of healing, self-awareness and accountability. Tobacco is at heart a sacred plant medicine that we can learn from.  Tune in to find out how!

Jeff Schmitt, PhD is a scientist, musician and folk-healer. He is recognized as a world-leading authority on the subject of tobacco. He is a 35-year veteran scientist, and an entrepreneur with over 100 publications and patents to his name. As a social entrepreneur he has helped start five companies, one of which went public in 2002.  Jeff has also practiced and taught Chinese martial arts for most of his life. Jeff is a dedicated practitioner and student of the folk healing traditions of Peru and North America.  He is also a teacher of the healing arts and cosmologies of South America and the Andes (eaglecondorcouncil.org).  He has given nearly 200 invited presentations (including a TEDx talk and keynote at the Global Philosophy Forum) over the past 25 years.  As a university professor, he taught advanced undergraduate, graduate-level and interdisciplinary courses.  Jeff has enjoyed a decades-long relationship with the sacred healing plant, tobacco. For many years, Jeff studied the neuroprotective properties of compounds found in tobacco and helped start a company to fight diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s based on this research.  Over the years his relationship has shifted to working with tobacco as a teacher and catalyst for sacred healing. After a concentrated apprenticeship with noted Curanderos, Jeff was given the title Tabaquero or ‘one who heals with tobacco.’