tobacco

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tobacco  /tə ˈbæ ˌkoʊ/ ? Meaning of "tobacco"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
  2. (n) aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs

Synonym(s)

tobacco plant

Usage(s):

  1. On the eve of a major international meeting on smoking, Japan's lonely anti-cigarette activists wonder why the nation is still tobacco's best friend.
  2. Tobacco users could be charged 1 times what nontobacco users are charged.
  3. Wise to the health risks, the developed world is slowly giving up tobacco.

Quotes

  1. "We've known for years, even decades, about the harmful, addictive, and often deadly effects of tobacco products. Each year, Americans pay nearly 100 billion dollars in added health care costs due to smoking," Obama told reporters at the White...
    on Jun 12, 2009 By: Barack Obama Source: AFP

  2. "Cigarettes are finely tuned drug delivery devices, designed to perpetuate a tobacco pandemic," said Howard Koh, an associate dean for public health practice who worked on the analysis. "Yet precise information about these products remains...
    on Aug 29, 2006 By: Howard Koh Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

  3. "We view this cartoon-based advertising campaign as a flagrant violation of the 1998 national tobacco settlement, which includes an outright ban on the use of any cartoon in tobacco advertising," said Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett,...
    on Dec 4, 2007 By: Tom Corbett Source: Reuters

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