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.

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cigarette dumping

Tobacco; General tobacco

The practice of selling cigarettes below the price usually charged in a domestic market in order to establish brand dominance and gain competitive edge.

claro

Tobacco; General tobacco

Pale to light brown. The Classic color of Connecticut shade grown tobacco wrapper. This color can also be referred to as natural.

claudication

Tobacco; General tobacco

Pain in the muscles (especially the calf muscles) during exercise caused by too little blood flow.

chaveta (roller's knife)

Tobacco; General tobacco

The knife used in a cigar factory for cutting the wrapper leaf.

chewing tobacco

Tobacco; General tobacco

A sub-category of oral smokeless tobacco products that are chewed during use.

chewing tobacco bits

Tobacco; General tobacco

A form of chewing tobacco traditionally used in Scandinavia. The manufacturing process consists of stem removal. Thereafter, the tobacco leaves are spun and “twisted” together by hand into a strand. ...

cessation

Tobacco; General tobacco

Also called 'quitting'. The goal of treatment to help people achieve abstinence from smoking or other tobacco use, also used to describe the process of changing the behaviour.