Just as a data point, in general, modern tobacco is not yesterday's tobacco. Hundreds of chemicals are plied on most modern tobacco products under the guise of flavor, anti mold and mildew, preservatives, and so on. Many of which are known to increase addictiveness and toxicity.
While I'm sure there are tobacco products available today which is strictly tobacco, these are by far not the readily available, general consumer tobacco products.
Weren't American abbos big users of tabacco? I wonder if they had problems with cancers...of course they smoked small amounts and modern humans smoke like chimneys. I've seen lungs of heavy smokers and they are gross.
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