I've used a bottle of Coke "way back when" to clean the gunk off the windshield so the wipers could work! Never heard about the tobacco....I thought it was boiled and poured down a mule/horse throat to get them up.
....haven't seen bull durham in years. Is it still around?
...cletis, you cold eat a raw irish potatoe to kill alcohol breath, or so I've heard.