In OTL, in the 17th Century England's North American colonies began shipping tobacco back to England and the rest of Europe, and smoking became a regular habit. Tobacco became a valuable cash crop and commercial comodity for several of England's North American Colonies.
But what if Europe never develops a taste for tobacco and smoking? Heck, even the white European colonists don't like tobacco either for smoking or chewing.
What happens then? Is there another cash crop or is there another resource, comodity, anything those colonies can use commercially that can replace or do the same things commercially that tobacco did in OTL?
If so, what is it and how would it be used?
But what if Europe never develops a taste for tobacco and smoking? Heck, even the white European colonists don't like tobacco either for smoking or chewing.
What happens then? Is there another cash crop or is there another resource, comodity, anything those colonies can use commercially that can replace or do the same things commercially that tobacco did in OTL?
If so, what is it and how would it be used?