Herbal tobacco alternatives
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Herbal tobacco alternatives are alternatives to tobacco use consisting of the consumption of faux tobacco products made from herbal substances or plant materials other than tobacco
and nicotine
. These alternatives include the following:
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
and nicotine
Nicotine
Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants that constitutes approximately 0.6–3.0% of the dry weight of tobacco, with biosynthesis taking place in the roots and accumulation occurring in the leaves...
. These alternatives include the following:
- Herbal cigarettesHerbal CigarettesHerbal cigarettes are cigarettes that either do not contain any tobacco, or do contain tobacco but are composed of other herbs as well. There are several popular brands of such cigarettes, usually containing a mixture of different herbs and/or other plant material...
- Herbal smokeless tobaccoHerbal smokeless tobaccoHerbal smokeless tobacco is a term used to describe a variety of products which imitate types of smokeless tobacco, but do not contain tobacco or nicotine...