The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products. It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it can be farmed on all continents except Antarctica. Tobacco, one of the mo...
(from the article `smoking`) Litigation and the threat of litigation played a major role in shaping the environment for tobacco products at the end of the 20th century. While ...
The aggregate business enterprise of agriculture, manufacture, and distribution related to tobacco and tobacco-derived products. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
[n] - an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco
noun an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco