How do you use the word "tobacco" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "tobacco": For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die. Tobacco acts on the brain.

Tobacco Meaning

/təˈbækəʊ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny plant of the genus Nicotiana.

nounLeaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.

Sentence Examples

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

Tobacco acts on the brain.

Sports events are no longer sponsored by the tobacco industry.

CEFR Practice Quiz

Due to the risk of lung cancer, doctors warn against using ____ products.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The local farm used to grow a lot of ____, which was a very important crop for the region in the past today.

Word Origin & History

Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination." — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 11:

"Tobacco-settlement bonds are a tribute both to the inventiveness of bankers and the childlike impatience of politicians." — 2013 September 7, “Unlucky strike”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2020:

"City councilors in Newton have approved a generational ban on tobacco and e-cigarette sales in the city that will prohibit purchases by anyone born after March 1, 2004, joining a growing number of Massachusetts communities that have passed measures to curb tobacco use among young people." — 2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025:

"The most satisfactory method of tobaccoing houses is that of stitching the leaves on to a piece of cloth like a strip of matting, which is then laid on the floor. Powdered tobacco should be introduced into rat holes, which can then be firmly closed up with bricks and mortar. Experiments carried out in the City of Hyderabad seem to have been very satisfactory." — 1918, Tropical Diseases Bulletin, volume 12, page 412:

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