Are You Smoking Sticks? Probably.

If you're going to smoke, you better make sure you're smoking actual tobacco. Natural tobacco is not dangerous, and actually can be beneficial. The DEFINITION of tobacco is: "a preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing." Keyword: LEAVES. If you smoke cigarettes, you are not smoking tobacco - at least not more than 5% tobacco by weight. The rest is a mysterious synthetic blend is basically stems. Tobacco stems are junk, they are agricultural waste. Watch as this factory turns the stems into what looks like tobacco. Throughout this process, the tobacco is "dressed" in flavorings and nicotine (since stems taste like shit, and have little nicotine). The process is similar to making paper from wood. They soften the stems and reconstitute them. Smoke real tobacco!