(08-28-2023, 05:34 AM)Ninurta Wrote: Doesn't surprise me.
Now, in the modern day and age, commercial tobacco has a lot of problems. First, it's a different, weaker species. Second, they put all kinds of chemical crap in smoking tobacco now, from flavorings to burning agents to keep it lit, and a bunch of other crap. That doesn't eliminate the "good" medicinal qualities, but it does add a crap ton of bad qualities to overshadow them.
When the big tobacco industry is growing tobacco, the plants are sprayed with various agents to control insect pests and mold and such like.
It is the chemicals in these sprays that cause cancer and such like. That is why in many countries ( Australia is one) it is illegal to grow this plant in your back yard, all under the guise of taxes.
Now the truth is coming out a little bit at a time.
P