Ah, Middle-Earth, the only place where tobacco is good for you, ale is the answer to whatever ails you, and you can always settle down to a breakfast of several loaves of bread filled with mounds of honey, butter, and clotted cream, and never have to worry about excess cholesterol (ask Gandalf).

And on the subject of Pipe-weed, check out Orbawyn's guide on the cross-breeding of Halfling's Leaf, expounded and elaborated by our other resident lore-master farmer, yours truly.