I’ve never been a smoker but I don’t recall tobacco being dangerous, or as dangerous, way back when my grandpa and great-grandpa were rolling their own.
My .02 says that it’s the sprays, herbicides, fertilizers, etc. and all of the dangerous chemicals they put on them now that causes the health issues.
Some of my fondest memories from when I was little was helping my grandpa roll his smokes. I got to lick the papers. I loved the smell of fresh tobacco.
Yes.. And interesting I found when an acquaintance, who enjoys smoking, started rolling up her own cigarettes with pipe tobacco a few years ago in order to escape all the additives...... she said the first thing she noticed was her morning cough went away.....also that she can no longer handle smoking manufactured cigarettes.