In fact, while some studies show that, while nicotine might cause cancer, it is possibly one the least cancerogenic ingredients that are added in cigarettes
Tobacco is labor-intensive, requiring over a full year of labor to gather the tiny seeds, grow them early in the year in cold frames, transplanting to the outdoor fields when the soil is warm, weeding throughout the summer, "topping" most plants (to remove the flowers and force more of the plant's energy into the leaves), then harvesting the leaves individually for several weeks as they ripen in late Summer-early Fall
The American Historical Review 3#5 online Hahn, Barbara (2011)
Several varieties of Areca catechu nuts were also known in the Philippines, distinguished chiefly by the shape of the fruits
The Florida Supreme Court has finally ruled on the Engle case, and has held that cigarette manufacturers were negligent and that their products are defective, unreasonably dangerous, addictive, and the cause of 16 major diseases