I love all forms of clematis. As a gardener it is an amazing vine to use although there are three groups of these type of plants and you have to label them each as some grow and flower on old wood and others start fresh each year making it's vine and flowers on new growth, so cutting them back is tricky if you don't know which it is.

I love the idea of using them as a cigarette. When I was young we took notebook paper and rolled dried up oak leaves in them to 'smoke like grownups' Fun times.