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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Tooth powder

Tobacco; General tobacco

A sub-category of oral smokeless tobacco products, traditionally used in Asia, that are applied to the teeth, during use.

Titration

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 to limit side ...

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 represent around 18% of ...

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 philtre and deposited in the lungs of smokers.