Why aren't cigarettes considered drugs?

Question

They aren't food.

Answer 1

One of the best questions I have seen on here yet, My opinion, because the government makes money off of them. For each pack of cigarettes sold, the government gets about $1.00 (probably more now) If they were considered a drug it stands to reason that they would be an illegal drug and the government cannot make money off illegal drugs. (We could argue seizures of such but it still wouldn't balance the scales)

Answer 2

They are considered as legal drugs, just like alcohol is. They are addictive, but considered not to be so harmfull like other drugs. They are so called soft drugs. As you can see, cigarettes are banned more and more. Without lobbying, they might have been forbidden years ago. But this is a point, where you could argue in both ways.