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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Continuous abstinence

Tobacco; General tobacco

Also called 'sustained abstinence'; cf 'prolonged abstinence' -- a measure of cessation often used in clinical trials involving avoidance of all tobacco use since the quit day until the time the ...

Colorado maduro

Tobacco; General tobacco

A dark brown wrapper, usually seen on cigars produced in Honduras, Nicaragua and sometimes in Cuba.

Container

Tobacco; General tobacco

A standard shipping unit. One 40-foot container usually contains about 1,000 master cases, or 10 million cigarettes.

Colorado claro

Tobacco; General tobacco

Darker brown in colour and similar to a Cameroon wrapper from West Africa.

Colorado

Tobacco; General tobacco

A reddish brown wrapper most often seen in well aged and mature cigars.

Cold turkey

Tobacco; General tobacco

Quitting abruptly, and/or quitting without behavioural or pharmaceutical support.

Clay pipe

Tobacco; General tobacco

These pipes do smoke quite hot but one trick is to dip the pipe in cold water and shake of the excess before filling and lighting, Clay's tend to give an earthy taste to the tobacco, quite unusual ...