Consumption of Tobacco

Tobacco is consumed in many forms and through a number of different methods. Below are examples including, but not limited to, such forms and usage.

 
Beedi

 

Beedi are thin, often flavored cigarettes from India made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf, and secured with colored thread at one end.


Chewing Tobacco

 
Chewing tobacco is the oldest way of consuming tobacco leaves. It is consumed orally in two forms: through sweetened strands, or in a shredded form. When consuming the long sweetened strands, the tobacco is lightly chewed and compacted into a ball. When consuming the shredded tobacco, small amounts are placed at the bottom lip, between the gum and the teeth, where it is gently compacted, it can often be called dipping tobacco. Both methods stimulate the saliva glands, which lead to the development of the spittoon.


Cigars

 
Cigars are tightly rolled bundles of dried and fermented tobacco, which is ignited so its smoke may be drawn into the mouth.


Cigarettes

 
Cigarettes are a product consumed through inhalation of smoke and manufactured from cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, often combined with other additives, and then rolled into a paper cylinder.


Creamy Snuffs

 
Creamy snuffs is tobacco paste, consisting of tobacco, clove oil, glycerin, spearmint, menthol, and camphor, and is sold in a toothpaste tube. It is marketed mainly to women in India, and is known by the brand names Ipco (made by Asha Industries), Denobac, Tona, Ganesh. It is locally known as "mishri" in some parts of Maharashtra.


Dipping Tobacco

 
Dipping tobaccos are a form of smokeless tobacco. Dip is occasionally referred to as "chew", and because of this, it is commonly confused with chewing tobacco, which encompasses a wider range of products. A small clump of dip is 'pinched' out of the tin and placed between the lower or upper lip and gums.


Gutka

 
Gutka is a preparation of crushed betel nut, tobacco, and sweet or savory flavorings. It is manufactured in India and exported to a few other countries. A mild stimulant, it is sold across India in small, individual-size packets.


Hookah

 
Hookah is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) water pipe for smoking. Hookahs were first used in India and Persia. The hookah has gained immense popularity, especially in the Middle East. A hookah operates by water filtration and indirect heat. It can be used for smoking herbal fruits or moassel, a mixture of tobacco, flavoring and honey or glycerin.


Kreteks

 
Kreteks are cigarettes made with a complex blend of tobacco, cloves and a flavoring "sauce". It was first introduced in the 1880s in Kudus, Java, to deliver the medicinal eugenol of cloves to the lungs.


Roll-Your-Own

 
Roll-Your-Own, often called 'rollies' or 'roll-ups', are relatively popular in some European countries. These are prepared from loose tobacco, cigarette papers and filters all bought separately. They are usually cheaper to make.


Pipe

 
Pipe smoking typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl) for the combustion of the tobacco to be smoked and a thin stem (shank) ending in a mouthpiece (the bit). Shredded pieces of tobacco are placed into the chamber and ignited.


Snuff

 
Snuff is a ground smokeless tobacco product, inhaled or "snuffed" through the nose. where referred specifically to the orally consumed moist snuff, see dipping tobacco.


Snus

 
Snus is a steam-cured moist powder tobacco product not fermented, and which does not induce salivation. It is consumed by placing it in the mouth against the gums for an extended period of time. It is a form of snuff used in a manner similar to American dipping tobacco, but does not require regular spitting.


Tropical Tobacco

 
Topical tobacco paste is sometimes used as a treatment for wasp, hornet, fire ant, scorpion, and bee stings. An amount equivalent to the contents of a cigarette is mashed in a cup with about a 0.5 to 1 teaspoonful of water to make a paste which is then applied to the affected area.


Tobacco Water

 
Tobacco water is a traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening. Tobacco dust can be used similarly. It is produced by boiling strong tobacco in water, or by steeping the tobacco in water for a longer period. When cooled, the mixture can be applied as a spray, or 'painted' on to the leaves of garden plants to kill the insects. Tobacco is however banned from use as pesticide in certified organic production.