Thanks for the correction Kent, I didn't even look at the date as I rarely buy loose tobacco. Still, the other link for raw tobacco was for only $25 a pound.
I'd really like to know how your experiment turns out Vapola. It really is not difficult to extract nicotine from tobacco, but a chemist is always going to want to do it the hard way. I suppose the complicated process is useful only if you want a higher concentration of nicotine.
I'm not suprised organic tobacco costs so much. Tobacco requires a lot of fertilizer to grow, and I'm not sure what an organic farmer might use instead. I suppose in my initial post I was just thinking about the processing that goes on to cure it and what not, but pesticides etc. could affect the process as well.
I'd really like to know how your experiment turns out Vapola. It really is not difficult to extract nicotine from tobacco, but a chemist is always going to want to do it the hard way. I suppose the complicated process is useful only if you want a higher concentration of nicotine.
I'm not suprised organic tobacco costs so much. Tobacco requires a lot of fertilizer to grow, and I'm not sure what an organic farmer might use instead. I suppose in my initial post I was just thinking about the processing that goes on to cure it and what not, but pesticides etc. could affect the process as well.