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Nicotine from Flowering Tobacco: Same as Smoking Tobacco?

Q: Dried flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata, etc.) for pest control like regular tobacco?

A: All Nicotiana species contain nicotine. Grandfather used nicotine sulfate (Black Leaf 40)—extremely toxic, no longer sold. Be careful with nicotine.

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