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tobacco

[tuh-bak-oh] / təˈbæk oʊ /


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Lung cancer continues to rank first globally for both new diagnoses and cancer deaths, with tobacco remaining the main driver of the disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

Wendell Erdman Berry was born on Aug. 5, 1934, in Louisville, Ky., to John Marshall Berry Sr., a lawyer and tobacco farmer, and Virginia Perry Berry.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Right now, Trading Standards in Scotland can only issue Fixed Penalty Notices to individuals caught selling tobacco and vapes to underage buyers.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

One such location, the city of Loma Linda, Calif., has a large population of Seventh-day Adventists, who are principally vegetarian, abstain from alcohol and tobacco, have close-knit social networks and exercise regularly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Like Duke himself, his native town had long since expanded far beyond cigarette production, turning to millwork first to supply the tobacco industry with cotton bags, and later expanding to manufacture hosiery and other garments.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

For hobbies he collects pipes, strangely blended tobaccoes, old clocks.

From Time Magazine Archive

One need only put his head in at my door to realize that tobaccoes are of two kinds, the Arcadia and others.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Latakia, Shiraz, Manila, Cuba, Virginia, and Maryland produce the most valuable tobaccoes.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

The sentries, outposts and vedettes forbear musketry; on the contrary, exchange tobaccoes sometimes, and have a snatch of conversation.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle

It is not even a good mixture, for I used to try it occasionally; and if there is one man in London who knows tobaccoes it is myself.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Maurice Brazil Prendergast

The shift from traditional smoking of indigenous tobaccos and other plants to commercial tobaccos has had “significant deleterious effects on tribal culture and health,” the study said.

From Washington Times Nov. 3, 2018

“It’s something we’ve been planning for,” said David Sylvia, a spokesman for Altria Group, the parent company of John Middleton, which manufactures the popular Black & Mild cigar brand and a variety of pipe tobaccos.

From Washington Post Mar. 24, 2013

Their current in months' inventories are production, sufficient for whereas about 20 stocks to 23 of aging tobaccos normally are maintained to equal a three-year supply!

From Time Magazine Archive

The few groups that did not benefit from Wall Street's afterthoughts on Lebanon and Iraq were defensive issues such as tobaccos and foods, which have been recession favorites.

From Time Magazine Archive

Closely related species replace each other geographically among the amaranths, beans, chenopods, chili peppers, cottons, squashes, and tobaccos.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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