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

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cut filler

Tobacco; General tobacco

The final blend of tobacco, flavored and cut, used to make cigarettes. At Philip Morris, it consists of Burley, Bright and imported tobaccos, stems, blended leaf, and expanded tobacco, at a moisture ...

corojos

Tobacco; General tobacco

Plants chosen to provide wrapper leaves and grown under a gauze sunscreen.

counterfeit

Tobacco; General tobacco

A form of illegal manufacturing, in which products made bear a trademark used without the trademark owner’s consent.

craving

Tobacco; General tobacco

A very intense urge or desire (to smoke). See: Shiffman et al 'Recommendations for the assessment of tobacco craving and withdrawal in smoking cessation trials' Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2004: ...

schmalzler (german snuff)

Tobacco; General tobacco

A form of nasal smokeless tobacco traditionally used in Bavaria, Germany. Products are typically manufactured from Brazilian tobaccos and have black-brown granular appearance.