leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
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aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
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Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.] 1. (Bot.) An American plant ({Nicotiana Tabacum}) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.
Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco ({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana Persica}).
2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.
{Tobacco box} (Zo["o]l.), the common American skate.
{Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}.
{Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.]
{Tobacco pipe}. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}.
{Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}.
{Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pipemouth}.
{Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked.
{Tobacco worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx Carolina} syn. {Phlegethontius Carolina}). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
At Drexel he courted RJR Nabisco President F. Ross Johnson, whobegan the bidding war for the food and tobacco giant.
The association took other anti-smoking steps, including a call for statutory prohibitions against billboard advertising for tobacco products.
"I am very angry," said a rival U.S. tobacco company executive, who has worked to expand his company's sales and market share.
But KKR's plan for RJR probably would lead to the sale of RJR's tobacco business.
Since the latest federal tax increase, tobacco sales have dropped about 8%, says Norm Latowsky, president of UCS Group Ltd., an Imasco Ltd. unit that is one of Canada's largest tobacco retailers.
Since the latest federal tax increase, tobacco sales have dropped about 8%, says Norm Latowsky, president of UCS Group Ltd., an Imasco Ltd. unit that is one of Canada's largest tobacco retailers.
Another public company probably wouldn't want its own stock price dragged down by tobacco.
Mahoney dropped out of high school in the 10th grade and grew tobacco with his father and a brother-in-law until he got a job at M&T Chemical Co. in Carrollton.
It said wine, vodka and tobacco goods would continue to be sold at current, state-fixed prices.
Today they spend $35.5 billion on tobacco, and almost $10 billion is collected as tax.
The heat vaporized the glycerin and nicotine in the dried tobacco as well as the flavorings.
BAT, a large conglomerate with interests ranging from tobacco to financial services and retailing, also is selling its Saks Fifth Avenue division.
All tobacco products will have to carry a health warning approved by the federal government.
The judge also will consider allowing the plaintiff in the Newark, N.J., case to see another 1,489 memos and transcripts that allegedly show tobacco companies knew smoking was dangerous but kept the information from the public.
"Allegations that tobacco and alcohol products are being marketed to young people are matters of serious concern that deserve priority attention," she said.
Tabacalera, the Spanish national tobacco monopoly, announced it would give the Soviets 200,000 packs of Ducado cigarettes.
The suit originally named two other tobacco companies, Philip Morris Cos.
If the plan is approved by the House, as expected, it would be financed by an increase in the state sales tax and tobacco levies.
Even in tobacco, such slides can't be long endured.
I don't think the smokers are doing that." But Lauria said the tobacco industry continues to influence legislators.
BAT is the world's biggest tobacco company and has substantial operations in retailing _ such as the Saks Fifth Avenue and Marshall Field chains in the United States _ paper and financial services.
Despite increased marketing expenditures, Philip Morris's operating profit from tobacco grew about 15%.
Paul Maglione, a spokesman for Philip Morris, said some EC countries had ulterior motives in supporting a ban on tobacco advertising.
They already have five Supreme Court cases to argue next term, including representing the tobacco industry in the first high court case on whether the federal cigarette warning law pre-empts personal-injury lawsuits by smokers or their families.
But he indicated that because the agency was admaker only for RJR Nabisco's cookie and candy businesses _ not its tobacco products _ the logic of that approach wasn't apparent at the time.
The package also includes a provision that would create a licensing system for tobacco retailers similar to the system used to control the sale of alcoholic beverages.
William Green of RCB Trust Co., a manager of money managers in Stamford, Conn, says that the tobacco company is merely acting in the best interests of its shareholders.
He calls tobacco, along with alcohol and marijuana, "gateway drugs" that for teenagers can be precursors to the use of such hard drugs as heroin and crack, a potent form of cocaine.
But if any doubt remains that tobacco no longer dominates RJR Nabisco Inc., it will be erased this week when the company unveils a proposal once considered sacrilege: moving the corporate headquarters to Atlanta.