Do Hobbits get Lung Cancer?

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hickli

Eonwe, pipeweed was specifically a plant of the genus Nicotiana: tobacco.

What I mean is that when they DID smoke things like Kingsfoil (athelas) then maybe it countered the effects. After all, Aragorn does say in the book that it has many uses, and it IS powerful enough to heal you from trying to attack (and killing) the witch-king.