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Tobacco

Relating to products that are made from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana, that are used in some medecines but more widely and popularly used as a recreational drug in the form of cigarettes and cigars.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...