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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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Tobacco; General tobacco

A technique of dosing at low levels at the beginning of treatment, and gradually increasing to full dose over a few days, to allow the body to get used to the drug. It is designed ...

tips

Tobacco; General tobacco

The tips are the leaves growing at the top of the tobacco plant. They are relatively narrow and pointed, but are usually heavier-bodied than leaves lower down the plant. Tips ...

thrombosis

Tobacco; General tobacco

Blood clots in the legs that can break off and go to the lungs causing respiratory distress or failure.

tax stamp

Tobacco; General tobacco

A stamp affixed to a cigarette pack to demonstrate payment of state or local excise taxes.

tar

Tobacco; General tobacco

The toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. In solid form, it is the brown, tacky residue visible in a cigarette filter and deposited in the lungs of smokers.

tapering

Tobacco; General tobacco

A gradual decrease in dose at the end of treatment, as an alternative to abruptly stopping treatment.

sun-cured

Tobacco; General tobacco

Represent almost the totality of Oriental tobaccos. Their cultivation is confined to Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, and to a lesser degree adjoining countries. The essential ...