“Denicotinized” Tobacco

Mankind has traditionally included in the daily regimen a variety of substances that do not function as true nutrients. Some of them are so unlike the natural foods that they can scarcely be regarded as adventitious contaminants of the ration. Certain beverages, such as coffee, tea and cocoa, are concocted in an admittedly artificial manner.…Similarly, fermented beverages and distilled liquors have a common potent constituent, alcohol, that can function as a drug as well as a food. Under certain conditions the pharmacologic potencies of such inclusions in the dietary may become objectionable. Accordingly, efforts have been made, particularly in recent years, to eliminate some of the undesired ingredients while retaining the other characteristic features of the popular beverages. Alcohol-free drinks and decaffeinized coffees have thus become familiar articles of commerce.