Is nicotine naturally in tobacco?

Sure. All forms of tobacco have nicotine. But so do tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant. Nicotine is a quite normal dietary substance and was not “created” in Nature by tobacco. Tobacco only increased nicotine’s concentration in it’s leaves to levels high enough to act as a natural pesticide. As with everything in life, the dose makes the poison. read more

Nicotine is a natural product of tobacco, occurring in the leaves in a range of 0.5 to 7.5% depending on variety. Nicotine also naturally occurs in smaller amounts in plants from the family Solanaceae (such as potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant). read more

Nicotine is found naturally in tobacco. It gets it's name from the scientific name for the tabacco plant, Nicotiana. Tobacco companies have, for years, been breeding tabacco plants to have more nicotine, thus making them more addictive. read more