Tobacco refers to any of the numerous species of plants (rustica, tabacum L., …) in the genus Nicotiana of the Solanaceae family. It refers to the cured leaves of several of the mentioned species, too. After being processed, tobacco is used for smoking, snuffing, chewing, and even extracting of Nicotine. Tobacco is classified as a stimulant and has several common names including cigarettes, Mapacho…

Native to South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, tobacco (Tabacum) is an annual or bi-annual plant that grows 4-6 ft (1-2 m) high and bears pink flowers and huge sticky leaves that contain Nicotine and grow as long as 2-3 ft (0.6-1 m) and about half as wide.