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Mark Nichter is an American medical anthropologist whose research links cultural practices and health behavior with public-health policy. He has worked on global health, medical anthropology, and tobacco use, including the social and commercial conditions that influence smoking and tobacco control i...

Philip Morris International is a global tobacco manufacturer headquartered in New York City, primarily producing and selling cigarettes, e-cigarette products, and reduced-harm tobacco alternatives, currently distributing shares that offer investors potential dividend income.

Altria Group, Inc. (MO) is a tobacco giant primarily engaged in the manufacturing and sale of cigarettes, e-cigarette products, and other related nicotine solutions, historically generating substantial revenue through dividends for its investors.

Smoke and Mirrors is an educational serious game created for youth tobacco-use prevention. Its central subject is the way tobacco companies and related advertising can use persuasive or deceptive presentation, and the game asks players to examine those techniques critically. It is intended for schoo...

Manduca sexta, commonly called the Carolina sphinx moth or tobacco hawkmoth, is a sphingid moth found in the Americas. Its larva is known as the tobacco hornworm and feeds on plants in the nightshade family, including tobacco and tomato relatives. Carl Linnaeus described the species in 1763. Because...

The cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) is a small, reddish-brown stored-product beetle in the family Ptinidae. It is found worldwide, especially where dried tobacco is stored, and its larvae feed on tobacco and many pantry materials, including flour, cereals, spices, dried fruit, coffee, cocoa...

The tobacco budworm, Chloridea virescens, is a noctuid moth described by Fabricius in 1777 and native to the Americas. It is an important agricultural pest of tobacco and cotton, and it also attacks crops such as soybean, alfalfa, and various vegetables. The caterpillars often feed in flower buds, g...

The tobacco budworm moth, Chloridea virescens, is a noctuid moth native to the Americas whose caterpillars damage tobacco, cotton, and other cultivated plants. Larvae feed on buds, flowers, fruit, and developing reproductive tissue, so infestations can reduce crop quality and yield. The species is a...