tobacco
(təbækoʊ )
Word forms: tobaccos
1. variable noun
Tobacco is dried leaves which people smoke in pipes, cigars, and cigarettes. You can also refer to pipes, cigars, and cigarettes as a whole as tobacco.
Try to do without tobacco and alcohol.
I believe it is time to ban tobacco advertising altogether.
2. uncountable noun
Tobacco is the plant from which tobacco is obtained.
Image of tobacco
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Collocations:
tobacco use
Cigarette/beedi smoking was the commonest form of tobacco use among the study population.
2012, 'Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among urban adult men in India: A comparison of slum dwellers vs non-slum dwellers', Indian Journal of Dental Research
We investigated smoker status, lifetime tobacco consumption, current tobacco use, breath carbon monoxide and % carboxyhaemoglobin.
2015, 'Tobacco and end stage renal disease: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Argentinian Northern Patagonia', Tobacco Induced Diseases
Other measures included enrollee demographic characteristics and diagnoses, including diagnoses of tobacco use.
2019, 'Use of Lung Cancer Screening With Low-Dose Computed Tomography in the Medicare Population', Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
She has a 40 pack-year history of tobacco use.
2014, 'December 2014 critical care case of the month: weak for weeks', Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Translations:
Chinese: 烟草
Japanese: タバコ
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