Oddly, congress recently decided that tobacco is Not a Drug. The logic goes something like this: If tobacco is a drug, then the FDA would obviously have control over it. If the FDA could control it, they would have to illegalize it, since it kills people. It tobacco were illegalized, then tons of farmers and rich people would have their livelyhoods taken from them, and the congress people would lose tons in campaign donations. So, it was decided that it would be best if tobacco were simply Not a Drug.