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[keith bellinger <bartermn AT epix.net>]

So it isn't the amount of nicotine that makes modern tobacco products 
"nasty stuff?" Wild tobacco has many times the amount as cultivated 
according to my sources. I understand that inhaling is more the culprit 
than anything, and of course the more frequent use compared to Native use.


Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> The native Americans used and cultivated 'nicotiana rustica' but modern 
> commercial tobacco is 'nicotiana tabacum' and that has been genetically selected 
> for centuries to make it into really nasty stuff.  It isn't a continuous history.
>   

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