Nicotine in Other Plants

[Heavyrocker]

My question is if nicotine can be extracted for other plants besides the tobacco plant and ecigs manfacturers decide to use it,can the Govt still try to apply extra excise tax.Does the govt control all plants that cotain nicotine cause there are lots of other plants and think they will have a hard time banning all the plants that contain nicotine.


Duboisia hopwoodii

Contains the alkaloids nicotine and nor-nicotine; used by Aborigines as an animal poison and as a narcotic (the name piturialso widely applied to narcotic species of Nicotiana). Toxic to horses, goats, sheep and camels; toxicity varies with locality, age and part of plant.

Plants That Produce Nicotine | Garden Guides


TRADITIONAL USE: Leaves, flowers and flowering stalks are highly valued by the Aborigines as chewing tobacco with nicotine and nor-nicotine content being up to 25% of the dry weight of plant material. Pituri is the term used by the Aborigines for the ball of chewing tobacco.

http://www.entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=47&z=5

 

[six]

It isn't cost effective to extract from other plants. Tobacco is unique in how much nicotine it contains when compared to the nightshades etc... plus the plant you linked to is not commercially grown. There is already infrastructure for tobacco.

 

[Heavyrocker]

I guess the govt has the tobacco plant and nicotine in their back pocket.

 

[shan57]

The way they been acting up on Capitol Hill lately I think their brains are in their "back pockets" or close to that region anyway

 

[mrmiller96]

I often wondered if someone could breed a plant, like tomato or eggplant, to produce nicotine in equal amounts as tobacco plants, would tobacco laws still cover the nicotine from these plants?