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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snus

Tobacco; General tobacco

A sub-category of oral smokeless tobacco products, traditionally used in Scandinavia, which are manufactured using a tobacco heat-treatment process. Products are processed into fine particles. The ...

smoking leaf

Tobacco; General tobacco

Smoking leaves grow just above the middle of the stalk. They make up around 7. 5% of the plant's total weight. These leaves ripen to a bright orange color and contain about 3% nicotine. The sugar ...

smokeless tobacco

Tobacco; General tobacco

Tobacco products that do not require combustion, or production of tobacco aerosol (smoke) by other means, at the time of use.

shorts

Tobacco; General tobacco

Short pieces of tobacco which fall from the ends of just processed cigarettes prior to being packaged. Designated as Class I by-products.

shoulder

Tobacco; General tobacco

The area of a cigar where the cap meets the body. If you cut into the shoulder, the cigar will begin to unravel.

shammah

Tobacco; General tobacco

A form of chewing tobacco traditionally used in North Africa and the Middle East. The product typically contains powdered tobacco and slaked lime, to which additional ingredients may be added. The ...

second-hand smoke

Tobacco; General tobacco

Also called passive smoking or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). A mixture of smoke exhaled by smokers and smoke released from smouldering cigarettes, cigars, pipes, bidis, etc. The smoke mixture ...