Maybe because of this list of research papers collected by Gwern claiming that nicotine alone doesn't have strong addictive properties (not beyond caffeine level):
I've smoked tobacco for 30-ish years. Organic, additive-free tobacco is definitely less problematic for me. Lately I've been growing my own Nicotiana Rustica [0], which contains plenty more nicotine than regular tobacco but is nowhere near as addictive.
I know what I would do if I was selling drugs and didn't give a crap about anything but profits, I would make them as addictive as possible.
https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine#addictiveness.
Apparently in most popular, educational and health-related communication, nicotine is treated as synonym to tobacco, leading to confusion.