- – Though it is not mentioned much in more modern folk-medicine and herbal-medicine books,
tobacco-leaf has been used as a poultice on bee-stings and to hasten wound-healing since antiquity.

– - What I find dangerous are the additives found in major commercial cigarette brands, such as “combustion-accelerants”, “flavor-enhancers” and the like. I prefer have none of these.

- – Natural, organic cigarettes and certain brands of “Flavored” cigarettes are what I choose to use, instead.
Hate to even smoke a Marble-Row Red these days because they have such a nasty, awful metallic aftertaste.

- – Though removing harmful additives appears to be a good thing,
this measure would also give the FDA the authority to regulate or ban safer alternatives,
such as e-cigarettes, which function similar to an herbal-vaporizer,
using flavored nicotine liquid instead of tobacco.
(I haven’t EVEN had the chance to try e-cigs yet, but do prefer to use a vape for tobacco whenever possible).

The Health Benefits of Tobacco, A Smoker’s Paradox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1472186/posts