Ironically, people who smoke and people who get bed bugs are treated like outcasts from society.
Could the reduction of smoking in this country have some reason for the resurgence of these vampire-like creatures in the nicest of hotels, restaurants, reputable drinking establishments, apartments, and "high-end" living, period.. ??
I can't say, but I will paste here (below), a couple of paragraphs I googled on.
I guess you will have to do your own research to prove that my references are true.
Interested yet ?
Do your homework !
Nicotine is a natural insecticide. Nicotine is produced by plants in the nightshade family of which tobacco is one species. Tobacco farmers have long-known that an infusion of water and tobacco leaves makes a powerful, and highly toxic, insecticide. Until recently nicotine was available as a commercial insecticide product called Black Leaf 40. Imidacloprid (Merit) is a modern insecticide based on nicotine chemistry.
Humans have always needed to control pests affecting them directly, such as mosquitoes or bed bugs, or competing with them for a great diversity of resources. Through the ages pest control practices have changed dramatically. The earliest known record for the use of naturally occurring compounds for pest control was in ≈1000 BC, when the Greek Homer mentioned using sulfur as a fumigant. In the 1800s, tobacco extracts and nicotine smoke were applied for insect control. In 1867, we see the first mention of a mixture concocted for pest control that became widely used; Paris green, an arsenic-based compound, was developed and applied against Colorado potato beetle in the USA. Bordeaux mix, a combination of copper sulphate and hydrated lime, was developed in 1882 in Bordeaux, France, for control of plant pathogenic fungi on grapes and other fruits.
