page_title: Tobacco products
hierarchical_section_title: Tobacco products
caption_attribution_description: A patch of Tobaccoen (Nicotiana tabacum en ) in a field in Intercourse, Pennsylvania. Camera and Exposure Details:Camera: Nikon D50Lens: Nikon Nikkor ED AF-S DX 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6GExposure: 18mm (27mm in 35mm equivalent) f/11 @ 1/125 s. This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Corrected barrel distortion and artificially extended the white sky.
context_page_description: Tobacco is the agricultural product of the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. All species of Nicotiana contain the addictive drug nicotine—a stimulant and sedative contained in all parts of the plants except the seeds—which occurs in varying amounts depending on the species and variety cultivated. See types of tobacco and curing of tobacco for more information.
  The vast majority of commercially available tobacco is derived from the species Nicotiana tabacum, although it is also produced from Nicotiana alata, and to a lesser extent Nicotiana clevelandii, Nicotiana longiflora, and Nicotiana rustica, among others. N. rustica in particular contains much more nicotine than N. tabacum and other species of Nicotiana, and forms the basis of a number of unique tobacco products, including several preparations used in Latin American shamanic ceremonies.
  Once tobacco has been grown, harvested, cured, and processed, it is used to produce a number of different products. These are most often consumable; however, tobacco and the nicotine derived from it are also used to create pesticides.
  Tobacco products can generally be divided into two types: smoked tobacco and smokeless tobacco.
context_section_description: Tobacco is the agricultural product of the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. All species of Nicotiana contain the addictive drug nicotine—a stimulant and sedative contained in all parts of the plants except the seeds—which occurs in varying amounts depending on the species and variety cultivated. See types of tobacco and curing of tobacco for more information.
  The vast majority of commercially available tobacco is derived from the species Nicotiana tabacum, although it is also produced from Nicotiana alata, and to a lesser extent Nicotiana clevelandii, Nicotiana longiflora, and Nicotiana rustica, among others. N. rustica in particular contains much more nicotine than N. tabacum and other species of Nicotiana, and forms the basis of a number of unique tobacco products, including several preparations used in Latin American shamanic ceremonies.
  Once tobacco has been grown, harvested, cured, and processed, it is used to produce a number of different products. These are most often consumable; however, tobacco and the nicotine derived from it are also used to create pesticides.
  Tobacco products can generally be divided into two types: smoked tobacco (see tobacco smoking) and smokeless tobacco.
  An expert in tobacco and tobacco products — especially pipes, pipe tobacco, and cigars—including their procurement and sale, is called a tobacconist.
  The health effects of tobacco consumption are discussed in health effects of tobacco.
caption: Nicotiana tabacum (cultivated tobacco) plants growing in Intercourse, Pennsylvania.