I've consulted Wikipedia and it appears that first tobacco industry started years before Salem and Boston were founded. It is quite some way to the south from our location, but it's already exported to England.
On the other hand smoking is prohibited by puritan rules and that's who we actually are. Still it prohibits wearing exquisite dress and I guess it prohibits things like killing and stealing too. Which doesn't stop players from doing all these.
I see tobacco and pipes being simply decorative things like clothing (for now). When used it results a smoking animation and various puffs of smoke (like in LotRO).