[CourtneyLeigh]

Really, nicotine is a natural chemical in the tobacco. Well then I guess it's not a carcinogen after all. I'd always heard that cigarettes were carcinogenic(spelling error), I'd always assumed that it was because of the nicotine, plus the bleached cotton/synthetic filters.

Folks if you're going to smoke, try rolling your own tobacco in brown paper. Or buying non filtered, natural paper cigarettes.

And for those that smoke pipe, don't forget to pay attention to your pipe tobacco. Know what is in it!

[Gabz]

We'd all be in major trouble if nicotine was the carcinogen the antis have tried to make people imagine it is..........tomatoes, peppers and eggplants all containe nicotine (as do all member plants of the nightshade family).

With that said - anything in the wrong dose can kill you........water is necessary to maintain life - but too much can kill you.

The EPA has classified sunlight as a Class A carcinogen, (the same as SHS) - however nearly all living things need sunlight to maintain life. And not everyone gets cancer from too much exposure to sunlight.

The label "carcinogen" is used as a scare tactic in many instances to either promote an agenda - or extort money from businesses.

The poison is in the dose.

Don't get me wrong - I am not promoting that anyone smoke nor am I saying it is a healthy habit - but it is also not the deadly killer the propagandists wish people to believe. Does it cause health problems in some people? Like anything else, of course. Does it kill everyone? Absolutely not.