For the plant genus, see Nicotiana. For the American electronic musician, see Tobacco (musician).  Not to be confused with Tabacco or Tabasco.   Tobacco   Tobacco flakes, sliced from pressed plugs    Product name  Tobacco    Source plant(s)  Nicotiana    Part(s) of plant  Leaf    Geographic origin  The Americas    Active ingredients   Nicotine, harmine     Uses  Recreational    Legal status      AU :  Unscheduled   CA : Unscheduled   UK :  16+ (Public Possession) 18+ (Purchase)   US :   18+ only in most states [1]    UN :  Unscheduled   EU :  Unscheduled  See tobacco control          Tobacco drying kiln in Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia from 2018. This kiln was built in 1957, and moved to Rotary Park in 2000. Kilns of this structure were made from the early 1930s through to the late 1960s.      Basma tobacco leaves drying in the sun at Pomak village in Xanthi, Greece    Tobacco  is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them. The plant is part of the genu...