Is tobacco bad or are cigarettes bad?

Answer 1

The burning of the cigarette is bad. It releases tar into the lungs which will give you an increased chance of getting lung cancer. Tobacco is inside cigarettes, nicotine is an addictive drug found in tobacco. You can overdose on nicotine, but there aren't enough supporting studies to show that nicotine from the tobacco is exactly harmful. Nicotine is not a carcinogen and therefore does not cause cancer.