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While in the New World, especially in the Mayan civilization, tobacco was considered a sacred substance of the Gods, in Spain of the 17th century is was not welcomed at all. By Order of Pope Urban VIII, excommunication was a punishment for smoking or snuffing tobacco in any Christian church of Spain. Pope Innocent X banned using tobacco snuffs in the Basilica of St. Peter in 1650.