I am not sure if raw green tobacco has more or less nicotine than the
processed stuff. But I think it has more. When I was growing it and chewing
the home cured stuff it wasn't much different in effect than the store
bought. But the greener it was the more potent it seemed. I was pretty
careful with it.

Green tobacco is dangerous stuff, I don't advise anyone eating it.



> Um, no.  It's not the chemicals added to the tobacco; it's the tobacco.
> When tobacco is prepared for smoking or chewing, it is first aged and
> dried, so in that form it is much more concentrated.  But the raw stuff
> will still make you sick.  Like potatoes, tobacco is a member of the
> Solanaceae (nightshade) family.  Nicotine is an alkalloid poison that is
> lethal to humans and other animals in sufficient quantities, and it is
> present in the raw plant.
>
> Todd Moody
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