Tobacco industry

The network of businesses that grow, process, manufacture, distribute, and sell tobacco and tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco.

Tobacco farming: The cultivation and harvesting of plants in the genus Nicotiana for tobacco products. Leaf production supplies the raw material that manufacturers process.
Tobacco smoking: The inhalation of smoke produced by burning tobacco, usually from cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Smoking is the main route through which the industry's combustible products cause harm.
Tobacco in the Americas: The cultivation and use of tobacco by Indigenous peoples in the Americas before and after European colonization. European trade began with tobacco already cultivated and used across the Americas.
Electronic cigarette: A battery-powered device that heats liquid to create an inhalable aerosol, usually containing nicotine. Vaping products compete with cigarettes while often using different materials and production systems.
Cigarette manufacturing: The industrial process of preparing tobacco, forming cigarettes, and packaging them for sale. Cigarette production turns cured leaf into the industry's leading product.
Tobacco control: Policies and measures intended to reduce tobacco use and its health and social harms. Public-health responses developed in direct response to industry products and promotion.
Tobacco trade: The commercial exchange and transport of tobacco between producing regions and markets. Colonial and later international trade connected growers to distant consumers.
Heated tobacco product: A device or product that heats tobacco without burning it to produce an inhalable aerosol. These products market tobacco consumption as an alternative to combustion.
Tobacco curing: The controlled drying and chemical aging of harvested tobacco leaves. Curing shapes the leaf characteristics valued by manufacturers.
Tobacco advertising: Paid promotion of tobacco products through media, sponsorships, packaging, and other channels. Advertising became a central tool for expanding product sales and brand loyalty.

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