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tobacco

noun as in smoking substance

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So while supporters see an increased tobacco tax as more revenue for the state, disincentives for kids to smoke and a win for public health, the measure could also allow America’s premium tobacco companies to gain market share.

From Fortune

Annapolis juries “awarded the Butlers not only their freedom but also hundreds of pounds of tobacco in damages, lawyer’s fees, and court costs.”

Possibly we brought in a disease or two, but on the other hand, you hooked us on tobacco.

They point to America’s experiences with the alcohol and tobacco industries in particular, which have built their financial empires in large part on some of the heaviest consumers of their products.

From Vox

He's chewed tobacco since he was a young man, and when we're in the office, he also does it elegantly and turns away when he spits.

Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.

You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.

They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.

In the dense atmosphere of tobacco and conspiracy, one hot topic has been the death penalty.

My grandfather lived fast and large—he liked his liquor and his tobacco, and he was also an ace gambler.

The segments of the corolla are pointed but on some varieties unequal, particularly that of Shiraz tobacco.

Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.

Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.

Botanists have enumerated between forty and fifty varieties of the tobacco plant who class them all among the narcotic poisons.

European tobacco is lacking in flavor and is less powerful than the tobacco of America.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tobacco, such as: cigarette, crop, smoking, cigar, leaf, and plant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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