There is no gunpowder in cigarettes:
https://www.verywellmind.com/big-tobaccos-list-of-599-cigare...
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=27857
A non-addictive cigarette would have to have no nicotine b/c nicotine is addictive:
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/toba...
"Source: A long time back a friend of mine's brother was part of a faux-jury assembled by tobacco company lawyers to do like a focus group to research how real juries in some real trial might think/feel."
Ycombinator post<--carapace<--friend<--brother<--faux-jury<--lawyers<--tobacco company
Even facts get changed when they're nested >5 levels deep in human networks.
I suspect it would not do well as a product, all the downsides of smoking without the rewarding nicotine buzz. It would be interesting to learn more.
At one point tobacco companies developed non-addictive cigarettes and kept it a secret.
Source: A long time back a friend of mine's brother was part of a faux-jury assembled by tobacco company lawyers to do like a focus group to research how real juries in some real trial might think/feel. They revealed all kinds of stuff to these folks. They made them sign NDAs, of course, but he told us everything anyway. That was one of the things I remember: they made non-addictive cigs and kept it a secret.