General tobacco

General tobacco

A product that is processed by dry plant leaves of the genus Nicotiana. Tobacco is most commonly used as a drug, but can also be used as a pesticide. It is the product that is used in cigars and cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff, and flavored shisha.

Industry: Tobacco

Add a new term

Contributors in General tobacco

Become a Contributors

General tobacco

dryer

Tobacco; General tobacco

A unit which dries, that is, removes moisture from tobacco, or blended leaf by exposing the product to heated air. The dryer may be a long oven through which a belt moves, or a rotating cylinder ...

dry snuff

Tobacco; General tobacco

A sub-category of smokeless tobacco products, traditionally used in India, and the US, that are either administered nasally or placed between cheek and gum during normal use. Products have the ...

dopamine

Tobacco; General tobacco

A neurotransmitter in the brain which regulates mood, attention, pleasure, reward, motivation and movement.

double claro

Tobacco; General tobacco

A greenish-brown wrapper that produces a somewhat light and bland taste.

dissolvable tobacco

Tobacco; General tobacco

A sub-category of non-traditional oral smokeless tobacco products that are placed in the oral cavity and allowed to dissolve during normal use.

dark blends

Tobacco; General tobacco

These consist of dark tobaccos from various origins (France, South America, Africa and Asia) and Oriental. Generally they do not contain additives or "sauce".

dark tobaccos

Tobacco; General tobacco

Are plants generally quite developed which initially were the most widely spread in the world. Also used for cigar making, the leaf is subjected to a second treatment - fermentation.