Tobacco & Nicotine
Cigarettes, vapes, snus, hookah and the nicotine products hooking the next generation. Nicotine is the most widely used addictive drug on earth — and the only one still marketed legally to adults everywhere. Most smokers start before 18. Every form carries its own harm profile: combustion cancer, nicotine pouches rewiring adolescent brains, hookah's hour-long smoke sessions.
Nicotine Pouches (Zyn & Copycats)
Small white pouches placed between lip and gum; flavors (mint, citrus, coffee)
Cigarettes
White filtered sticks or unfiltered; packs with graphic warnings in most countries
Nicotine E-Cigarettes & Disposables
Colorful disposables (Elf Bar, Esco Bar), pod systems, mods; candy/fruit flavors
Snus (Swedish Oral Tobacco)
Small teabag-like pouches placed under the lip; loose moist tobacco versions
Chewing Tobacco & Dip
Loose leaf, plug, or fine-cut moist snuff placed in the lip/cheek; spit cup culture
Hookah / Shisha
Waterpipe with flavored tobacco (apple, mint, grape); charcoal-heated; group sessions 30–90 min
Cigars & Cigarillos
Large cigars, small cigarillos (Backwoods, Swishers); the #1 wrap for blunts
Bidis & Kreteks (Clove Cigarettes)
Bidis: hand-rolled tobacco in tendu leaf, tied with string. Kreteks: clove-spiced cigarettes
Nicotine Replacement (Gum, Patch, Lozenge)
Gum (2/4 mg), transdermal patches (7–21 mg), lozenges, sprays, inhalers (Rx some places)
Nasal Snuff (Dry Tobacco Snuff)
Fine dry powdered tobacco in tins; sniffed, not smoked or chewed; centuries-old European tradition
Rapé / Hapé (Amazonian Snuff)
Fine brown/grey powder — powdered tobacco (often Nicotiana rustica) plus tree ashes and herbs, blown into the nose through a pipe (kuripe/tepi)
Gutka & Paan Masala
Foil sachets of crushed areca nut, tobacco, slaked lime and flavorings — chewed and held in the cheek
Dokha
Very finely shredded high-nicotine tobacco smoked in a small medwakh pipe — hugely popular in the UAE and Gulf
Heated Tobacco (IQOS / HEETS)
Cigarette-like sticks heated (not burned) in an electronic device