I'm not claiming it is, or isn't, but hear me out here. Tobacco usage started tapering off, and all of the supposed "research" about it causing cancer began coming out roughly the same time Rockefeller took over the the medical industry and started pushing out established medicinal principles and knowledge. Fast forward a little bit, and Big Tobacco starts messing with the cigarette recipes to increase profit margins. They stopped using pure tobacco and started mixing it with various additives that today are known to cause cancer. This then spread to other "lesser" forms of tobacco. Chew, snuff, dip, etc.
The two outliers here, are Cigars and Pipes. Both tend to be "higher class/quality", rarely if ever have additives and have remained "pure". In doing so, several studies (Which you can easily find with a quick search), have shown that smoking up to two average sized cigars results in an absurdly small increase in chances of developing cancer of any kind.
On the other hand, nicotine, the main "ingredient" in tobacco products, actually has quite a few health benefits if used in moderation. Increased neural functions, improved memory, lowered chance of Dementia, increased blood flow (which promotes hair growth, muscle growth, etc.), etc. etc.
The point I'm trying to make here, is what if tobacco isn't bad for you in and of itself. Rather, it's all the crap the cabal companies stuff into their products to increase profits. If true, this is kind of like the soy thing. Pushing the populace into accepting some new "standard belief" that actually works against them and then engineering the results they want to "prove their point". Think about it? How often did you hear about tobacco linked cancer before the 40's and 50's? The Native Americans used tobacco in spiritual rituals for how many thousands of years with little to no negative side effects?
And then there's examples like Winston Churchill. Guys who chain smoked 10+ cigars a day, never had cancer, or so much as a cough, and lived into their 90s.
I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are on this topic.
Does it matter if it causes cancer?
The other affects are enough to stay the hell away from tobacco. I've known a lot of people that were chronic smokers, and two things will give them away every time. First they look fifteen to twenty years older than their age with the gray leathery skin. Second they almost invariabily end up with pulmonary issues of the heart and lungs. Many die of heart disease and many end up losing limbs in their later years because the circulatory system is ruined.
That's kind of my point. Perhaps I didn't convey it well enough. I'm saying that it's entirely possible that pretty much ALL negative side effects of tobacco usage are due to the chemical additives put in the stuff by cabal companies, which was then used to vilify the plant in general. Pretty much all of the other "side effects" you pointed out, are also generally speaking, only seen in those who use "lesser" tobacco products. Particularly cigarettes. But if you look at people who only use the "premium" products, high quality cigars and pipes, you rarely if ever see ANY of these side effects. And even when you do, there's more factors than just that at work in most cases.
I'm not saying any of this with absolution. I'm just saying it's entirely possible, this is another Fluoride situation. The cabal manipulating certain narratives to achieve their own goals. In this case, dumbing down the population and increasing medical conditions that they can monetize.