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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gul

Tobacco; General tobacco

A form of tobacco tooth powder traditionally used in India. The product is typically manufactured from pyrolysed tobacco and has the appearance of a fine dry powder. The product is usually applied to ...

general trade (GT)

Tobacco; General tobacco

A euphemism used by tobacco companies to indicate smuggled goods.

foot

Tobacco; General tobacco

The open end of the cigar you light.

free-trade zone

Tobacco; General tobacco

Typically sited in developing countries, free-trade zones are designed to attract business foreign investments by creating areas in which normal trade barriers and bureaucratic requirements are ...

frog-eye

Tobacco; General tobacco

A whitish spot on tobacco leaves that gives the tobacco a ripe appearance. The spot is actually the result of a disease.

FUBYAS

Tobacco; General tobacco

Acronym stands for "First Usual Brand Younger Adult Smoker," a tobacco industry term for young people. Mostly used by RJR. Also See YAS, YAMS, YAFS and YAX.

flake and plug tobaccos

Tobacco; General tobacco

After the tobacco leaf has been prepared, it is put into molding presses where it is put under tremendous pressure usually by means of hydraulics, here it is pressed into what is commonly known as ...